15 Feb 21
@phil-a-dork saidThe legal aspects depend very strongly on your home-country.
My landlord wants to install outdoor security cameras and use my wifi.
Anyone know if this is bad or not a problem?
15 Feb 21
@phil-a-dork saidI was writing about the implications of having one network serving the purposes of another person.
It's legal to put them outside.
Somebody broke into his garage but he wants to tap them into my wifi which just feels weird.
Technologically speaking it is no problem at all. The question here is if you just want to lead through a signal or want to allow access.
15 Feb 21
@phil-a-dork saidFrom experiance. Don't do it
My landlord wants to install outdoor security cameras and use my wifi.
Anyone know if this is bad or not a problem?
16 Feb 21
@phil-a-dork saidIf your landlord provided your internet connection as part of the lease, would you object to using it knowing that it's available to both of you and your contribution to the cost is fixed?
My landlord wants to install outdoor security cameras and use my wifi.
Anyone know if this is bad or not a problem?
@phil-a-dork saidSorry if this is too late.
I wouldn't use it.
I pay for my wifi and I don't like the idea of mine being used for security cameras.
I have nothing to protect and if anything did happen I would be dragged into court because my wifi recorded the event.
We decided not to do it.
I see several issues.
1. If someone wants to piggy-back on your LAN, he is consuming shared bandwidth, so your link will run more slowly for the apps you want to run. You should be compensated for this, monetarily.
2. Any device which has access to your LAN is a potential security vulnerability. Any device, including cameras, can be hacked and malicious code can be executed on it by unauthorised parties. If that device is already behind your firewall, then it can potentially monitor or infect other devices, such as your pc or mobile phones which are also on the LAN. This problem can be ameliorated by sequestering the camera in a guest-access VLAN (virtual LAN) segment which the firewall shields from the rest of the devices on the LAN. Consult the manufacturer of your router/DSL modem for how to configure this functionality.
3. Legally, the landlord should manage and pay for his own WiFi for building security.
18 Feb 21
@Phil-A-Dork
A wise policy. Even the U.S. govt. has been hacked, and they should have known better.