Comment Re: Neat, but you have to know when it's pairing (Score 1) 60
Anyone worried obviously has not involved themselves in z-wave enough. The point of the whole thing is to have a low power communication, which means that the range is really not meant to be fantastic. I have problems reliably getting transfers through my outer wall when attempting it deliberately. And the attack only works on initial inclusion, and the negotiation of security standards to use is sure to take some time to complete. I would bet that in any real world scenario it will be very difficult to exploit this thing, as you really need very close proximity to the main controller AND the controller being in inclusion mode for some reason.
I am not saying that it canâ(TM)t be exploited, but really I am more worried about more physical ways of getting into my house. And, what would you be able to do? Turn on a lamp? Turn the AC off? Turn a ceiling fan on?
Not worried. The threat is really overstated IMHO.
