Pro-life vid of day: Stranger hacks monitor, curses at toddler
by LauraLoo
As reported by the DailyMail:
A Houston, Texas couple was horrified when the baby monitor in their young child’s room was taken over by a hacker who verbally attacked them and even used their daughter’s name. Marc Gilbert says he was doing the dishes following his birthday celebration when he heard strange sounds coming from 2-year-old Allyson’s bedroom. He discovered they were coming from the baby monitor as a stranger’s voice called his sleeping daughter an “effing moron” and “little sl*t” before he quickly unplugged it.
Thankfully, this did not bother Allyson in the least – because she is hearing impaired.
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Aug.30, 2013 12:00 pm |
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All baby monitors function on radio frequencies that can easily be hacked or taken-over. Switching from “A” to “B” is useless. I am sure that many here have experienced listening to another baby somewhere or other voices on your child’s monitor. Companies that make baby monitors need to have specific protected frequencies but that is not possible.
How creepy!!!
this story is suspicious, to me.
Sounds like kids messing around with people. They need a stern talking to.
Sounds like your typical 12-year-old YouTube commenter who likes to hear / see himself curse. But since he was probably older than that to be able to hack in, it says even less about his character.
Nah, kids these days know more about computers than you’d think. Many sites are up that teach you how to write scripts and otherwise do “hack” type of things. There are even websites dedicated to people taking control of other people’s webcams and broadcasting them online without the person’s knowledge. I think this particular case is some idiot teenager if I had to guess.
I will go back to my original comment to reiterate that we need FCC to allot a band for these monitors that is secure; every manufacturer needs one. Otherwise the radio frequencies under which these monitors currently function, will continue to be easily accessible by others.