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Jammed the latest Simplisafe system in 2024 using a $5 garage remote
Simplisafe and their fans are always quick to shoot down anyone who asks about jamming by saying the jamming videos are old and it can't be done with the later models. They also say that you'll be notified constantly with notifications mentioning that there is wireless interference/jamming attempts.
Just to let everybody know, I was able to use a $5 garage remote to roam freely around the house without setting off any motion sensors and I did not receive any notifications either. Neither of these sensors were 'right next to me' either as they were mounted on the walls and some of them were on the other side of the room.
With jammers getting more affordable and popular with criminals, what is to stop a thief from using a cheap jammer to target a bunch of frequencies so they don't need to guess which system you have? Most wireless systems work on the same few frequencies anyway and the thief doesn't need to know where any of your sensors are as the remote had a wide enough reach anyway.
Also, if Simplisafe itself can't detect this and notify you of interference AS ADVERTISED, then you won't know you were being burgled until you get home and realise.
dlpsr
1.4K Messages
4 months ago
I use redundancy, SS stuff, 12 other brand cameras that record to SD, and cloud, Wifi yes, but some of my models record without wifi if powered and already connected for evidence only of course.
Z-Wave entry and motion sensors operate in the 850 to 950Mhz range, my Zigbee sensors don't even need WiFi, the way their setup, local to LAN, no cloud, but operate on 2.4ghz band and similar frequency as Z-Wave of no WiFi available.
SimpliSafe RF is 433.92 mhz.
I'd certainly never say I can't be jammed, but it wouldn't be very easy without a multi frequency jammer and time.
We've nothing worth stealing in the house in general, and it'll take a jackhammer to get into the 800 pound safe.
And we're home mostly, so I'm the deterrent if someone decides to keep coming. Don't mess with old people.π
Bottom line, nothing is perfect though with today's technologies.
I've done all I can do within budget anyhow.
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PrairieDweller
4 Messages
3 months ago
This is very disturbing, although I appreciate knowing about this problem. I also appreciate the integrity shown by SimpliSafe by not censoring this post.
Has SimpliSafe verified this problem? If the problem exists as described, what if any corrective actions are planned? This is potentially a very serious problem and I look forward to SimpliSafe providing more information.
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lance843
1K Messages
3 months ago
I have the little device that I purchased awhile ago and it did work but it could not jam all my devices so alarm still went off but today I armed it and I could not for the life of me get it to do it again so either simplisafe has done something to sorta fix this issue or something else is going on but no matter what I could not get it to do anything to my system so I'm happy about that.
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