Philipa decided to take revenge when her boyfriend left her and began a relationship with another woman. For the revenge of her, she took advantage of her boyfriend's house partially dotted (has security cameras, speakers and smart lights connected to the Amazon Alexa system) to scare away from the new girlfriend of her exparea, according to the BBC
Philipa knew the passwords of both Amazon Alexa account of his ex -Novio, and his Facebook profile. A knowledge that she took the opportunity to enter the Facebook of her ex -Novio, upload a photo of the same completely naked accompanied by the text "My question of the day: Gordo I leave?".
A case that happened in the United Kingdom that shows the dangers of sharing personal passwords of social networks or home automation networks.
An intrusion into the profile that, in a first moment, passed unnoticed for its ex-adhere. However, Philipa himself wrote to him: "Maybe you want to erase your naked photo of Facebook". To make it difficult to eliminate the photo, the woman took the opportunity to change the Facebook password of the victim and sent this image to friends and partners of her ex-gathered her.
At another time, the woman agreed to the home automation platform, Amazon Alexa, to go through an intelligent speaker to the new couple of his ex -Novio and tell him to leave the house, while she was in London to more 100 kilometers from there. In addition, with the aim of bothering it, she was dedicated to light up and shut down the bedroom lights.
He also took the opportunity to insult the new girlfriend of his Expareaja through the Social Network Match.com, a social network to flirt.
Philipa has admitted the facts in a court and has declared guilty of publishing intimate images of his ex -Novio with the aim of provoking him discomfort. The case of it is seen for sentence on October 9.
"This is a clear case of the dangers to which a person is exposed by placing safety cameras or other objects connected to the Internet as 'intelligent locks' in our home," they assure Pixel expert sources in private security. "If our passwords fall into the hands of evildoers," continue, "can be used to monitor our habits, activity at home and know where we save money or valuables and use this information to plan a robbery".
A risk before which a recommendation is proposed: "We must use unique and robust passwords for our safety cameras and other home automation teams. In addition, it is also worthwhile that the email address is associated with our account has not been violated "They assure the same sources.
Date Of Update: 05 September 2021, 07:52
