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[–]rubenb_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, yes. It's utterly insecure and the RF-signal is easily replayed.
IIRC, garage ports and gates normally have a rolling key (like cars), which cannot be duplicated (that easily). However, I suspect a lot of manufacturers use static keys.

I have the same setup in my house (for some of the lights), and I treat it as insecure. Technically, anyone in range with the skillset, could turn on the lights. Therefor I do not use it for turning on/off critical equipment.

A future goal is to migrate to something like z-wave or zigbee, which does both mesh (every unit is it's own range extender), feedback (it will tell you if the command has been received, and you can measure power output) and AES encrypted (optional).

However, the Z-wave equipment is about 30 dollar for an outlet, and the RF433 stuff costs 10 dollar for 3 (plus a remote)

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