Wilshire-area neighborhoods were told to be particularly vigilant.

The Los Angeles Police Department has warned residents to be wary of thieves using technology to break into homes undetected. High-tech burglars have apparently knocked out their victims’ wireless cameras and alarms in the Los Angeles Wilshire-area neighborhoods before getting away with swag bags full of valuables. An LAPD social media post highlights the Wi-Fi jammer-supported burglaries and provides a helpful checklist of precautions residents can take.

Criminals can easily find the hardware for Wi-Fi jamming online. It can also be cheap, with prices starting from $40. However, jammers are illegal to use in the U.S.

We have previously reported on Wi-Fi jammer-assisted burglaries in Edina, Minnesota. Criminals deployed Wi-Fi jammer(s) to ensure homeowners weren’t alerted of intrusions and that incriminating video evidence wasn’t available to investigators.

  • @A_Random_IdiotEnglish
    9•5 months ago

    Easiest way to avoid this bullshit is to install wired cameras, and such a way that they are not easy to access/cut.

    I know someones gonna come in and be all “BUHBUHBUT YOU CAN JUST DESTROY THE CAMERAS” and yeah, thats true.

    but you cant destroy the camera from 3 blocks over, you have to get right up on them, and your face/vehicle/other helpful information may just well be caught and recorded before you do. Unlike wifi jamming, which could be done from streets away.

    • @[email protected]English
      11•5 months ago

      Wireless cameras and “smart” doorbells shouldn’t even be seen as security devices to begin with. They’re for verifying your Amazon delivery and checking on the dog and nothing more.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•5 months ago

        Exactly, this is only an issue for me if my cat manages to build a wifi jammer. Though that is a possibility.

      • @A_Random_IdiotEnglish
        3•5 months ago

        exactly. If anything they are insecurity devices considering how many 3rd parties typically have access to them without your knowledge or permission.