HomeKit can not be hacked. It is more secure than any home app there is. And most security systems are safe. No one can hack into your HomeKit and start messing around with stuff.
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AirTags are going to be in the Find My app and I’m sure your going to be able to put a name on the Airtag. Let’s say for example, my wallet.
Here is one for Tesla using Teslafi API that I wrote
GitHub - loftux/homebridge-teslafi: Homebridge Teslafi plugin
Homebridge Teslafi plugin. Contribute to loftux/homebridge-teslafi development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Lots of features already. Some that are not in the above plugin, such as tagged location sensors that can be used to turn on/off things.
Just finalizing adding the option to adjust charge level.
Has anyone here that uses HomeBridge done an extensive dive into the security risks it presents? I have not and keep meaning to take the time to research it, but the fact that it exposes my Siri architecture to the outside has me a bit nervous. For good reason or am I just being naive?
It has been shown that ANYTHING can be hacked. HomeKit CAN be hacked, it would just be difficult. But everyone here is talking about HoimeBridge and HomeKit which adds in another layer not owned by Apple and not part of the secure ecosystem.
Exactly. It’s such as small chance that the odds of it happening is like 0.000001.
Ummmm, not quite that low...
2017:
Apple HomeKit Flaw Opens Smart Locks to Hacking
Apple has reportedly rolled out a temporary fix that stops the bug, but disables a 'remote access to shared users' feature.
2018:
Apple Is Struggling To Stop A 'Skeleton Key' Hack On Home Wi-Fi
If you can hack a toaster, you can hack home Wi-Fi, all by exploiting the trust of Apple.
www.forbes.com
2019:
Your Smart Speaker Can Be Hacked with a Laser, But HomePod Users Needn’t Worry
Hackers are getting more clever all the time, and now a new team of security researchers has uncovered a way to issue voice commands to a HomePod, Google
www.idropnews.com
I couldn't quickly find an article from 2020, maybe it was a slow year for hackers with then pandemic
Point is, you do your best. HomeKit is great but does have an added security cost. Are most people likely to get targeted? No, but probably more like 1% not 0.000001 as you have stated. In fact the laser hack is something I personally cobbled together for about $25 and messed with my neighbor! LOL
I wonder if this can work with Subaru since we can already technically start our vehicles from smartphones with the app
all my lights in my home are smart lights. but i got sick of needing to summon siri to turn on the lights so i bought these smart light switches that i stick on top of the old analogue switches. so now when i need to turn on/off the light, i press the smart wifi connected light switches to send a signal to my wifi connected smart lights to turn off. so convenient.
what a world we live in.
what a world we live in.
You don’t need AirTag you can do this already with you phone and HomeKit automation you have to confirm the opening though for security reasons, if you have CarPlay it’s all on the screen.
You’re gonna have fun with this. To get around that limitation is easy with HomeBridge.
Just add a HomeBridge extension to create dummy switches that are stateless (meaning when you turn the switch on, it will turn itself back off a few seconds later). Name one dummy switch something like Garage Open and the other Garage Close.
Now create two new Automations, one that opens the Garage Door if the Garage Open switch is turned to on. The other to close the Garage Door if the Garage Close switch is turned on.
Now you can create two scenes if you want to open and close your Garage Door from Siri without passcodes and the like. I recommend naming them something obscure to ask similar to a password. If you just name the scenes something obvious like “Open the Garage Door” then technically, someone might be able to yell from your front door to Open the Garage Door and Siri might just do it for them. This is literally why Apple does not allow this capability by default.
You can also tie your dummy switches in with geofenced Automations or basically whatever you want. Just remember what I said above and know the security risk you could be taking.
Cool.... I didn't even think to look in Homebridge for this either, even though I'm a Tesla owner. Only thing I question is how well it actually works, because most (if not all?) of the Alexa custom actions you can download/install for Tesla control seem to have broken as Tesla did more updates to their app.
(I used to use one of those with the Echo Dot in my office so I could ask Alexa about my car's battery charge remaining or to open the trunk for someone, while it was outside in the parking lot.)
in my experience most of the Alexa skills suck ... I have everything in my house set up for Siri (HomeKit+homebridge) and for Alexa (with their skills) ... don't ask why, but I support both systems in my house. Most Alexa skills are either from the companies that just want the 'compatible with Alex' stamp but are written in a very very bad way that makes them impossible to use in a natural way or quick hacks by developers not really maintained - Amazon does not care, they just want to have a big number of skills, usefulness does not matter. Hombridge plugins on the other hand seem to be more from developers/geeks that care and I keep getting updates for my homebridge plugins. So honestly I never had the issue that a homebridge plugin stopped working, but I have many Alexa skills that are in an unusable state and never get updates. There are exceptions, but ...
Also whats nice for homebridge, you can setup a server on your computer you already have (given you have a desktop thats always on) or buy a small box that has all the hardware you just plug it in. Never tried the small box since I anyway have a iMac running as server in my house.
I feel like I've had this ability for some time now with Home Assistant connecting to my vehicles and then relaying them to Homekit.
sincere question - what cool projects have you done? I thought this was pretty cool, so if it’s not impressive to you, you must be working on some awesome things and I’d love to celebrate them with you.
Well i've done....the same 'cool' project? They've installed something someone else has written - why has the article written like this blogger is the first person to ever do this?!
I'm a dynamic electricity tariff that changes every 30 minutes - I wrote a script that checks the current electricity price against the cars state of charge, if the car is below X charge and the electricity is also cheaper than X then it starts charging, otherwise it stops it - it basically means I only need to pay for more expensive electricity to charge the car when I really need it (eg on less than 20% charge) but if i'm over 50% i'll only put some charge in if the electricity is cheap - if it drops to minus pricing then I stick it on max charge. Pretty sure no one else has actually ever done that - so where's my article?
Of course you could - they didn't do anything other than install a plugin that someone else wrote.
@dannys1
I never claimed I wrote the plug-in.
I never submitted the article to Macrumors or to AI, who also picked it up.
I put it up in Reddit for anyone to read if interested. I never expected the interest it has got.
As for what you have done, I think it sounds pretty cool. I was intending on doing something similar. Why not publish what you've done? I'd love to see it and, maybe, use it.
I never claimed I wrote the plug-in.
I never submitted the article to Macrumors or to AI, who also picked it up.
I put it up in Reddit for anyone to read if interested. I never expected the interest it has got.
As for what you have done, I think it sounds pretty cool. I was intending on doing something similar. Why not publish what you've done? I'd love to see it and, maybe, use it.
One word, brave. i still have issues with 2 different homes, Either Siri gets them mixed up when asking to turn lights on/off, or Siri turns on the other without notification, the Home app I feel still has some way to go, least with lights no major issues, but with a car....
@sirdir as I explained, I used CPLAY2air because it got good reviews in the I-Pace forum. What's the advantage of the CarLinkIt?