Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In previous lectures and videos I've talked about safes and vaults and tried to always impress upon my audience that no storage solution is meant to be impenetrable, but rather that the job of secure storage is to slow down a potential attacker -- costing them time and effort -- such that they either give up or get detected and the proper response is put into effect quickly.
Thus, I'm a fan of safe and vault monitoring tools. Many installations include door sensors and shake sensors mounted external to a safe or vault. The use of cameras and the like in the room or just outside the area is also typical. But all of those systems (a) have a certain level of effort associated with installation and (b) often require a lot of ongoing fiddling and maintenance, especially when it comes to preventing nuisance alerts. There's also (c) the up-front and ongoing costs of operation.
For those reasons, I am feeling optimistic about this little device from Simtek. Called the StealthAlert, this tiny package includes sensors that monitor light, motion, vibration, humidity, temperature, and (by way of the included cellular connection) relatively accurate location data.
Place it in your safe, your vault, your secure room, or even your gun case (either at home or on the road) and you've got an easily-deployed way to get quick SMS alerts if anyone disturbs your items. With all the praise I'm offering here, I should remind everyone (as I do in the video) that this is not an ad and I'm not sponsored by Simtek. I bought this with my own money and I just wanted to try it out. Thus far, I like it quite a bit.
I'll report later on about things like battery life and overall performance, but for now... yeah. Looks pretty decent. This is a link if you want to know more... simtek.io/products/stealthalert
Enjoy! 👍😁👍
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In previous lectures and videos I've talked about safes and vaults and tried to always impress upon my audience that no storage solution is meant to be impenetrable, but rather that the job of secure storage is to slow down a potential attacker -- costing them time and effort -- such that they either give up or get detected and the proper response is put into effect quickly.
Thus, I'm a fan of safe and vault monitoring tools. Many installations include door sensors and shake sensors mounted external to a safe or vault. The use of cameras and the like in the room or just outside the area is also typical. But all of those systems (a) have a certain level of effort associated with installation and (b) often require a lot of ongoing fiddling and maintenance, especially when it comes to preventing nuisance alerts. There's also (c) the up-front and ongoing costs of operation.
For those reasons, I am feeling optimistic about this little device from Simtek. Called the StealthAlert, this tiny package includes sensors that monitor light, motion, vibration, humidity, temperature, and (by way of the included cellular connection) relatively accurate location data.
Place it in your safe, your vault, your secure room, or even your gun case (either at home or on the road) and you've got an easily-deployed way to get quick SMS alerts if anyone disturbs your items. With all the praise I'm offering here, I should remind everyone (as I do in the video) that this is not an ad and I'm not sponsored by Simtek. I bought this with my own money and I just wanted to try it out. Thus far, I like it quite a bit.
I'll report later on about things like battery life and overall performance, but for now... yeah. Looks pretty decent. This is a link if you want to know more... simtek.io/products/stealthalert
Enjoy! 👍😁👍
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I'm on the Fediverse. That's a great place to find me...
https://defcon.social/@deviantollam
I still have my Twitter account. I don't use it anymore and neither should you...
twitter.com/deviantollam
I'm also on Instagram. I mostly use it for liking my friends' photos...
instagram.com/deviantollam
Bluesky may still be in beta, but I'm over there...
https://staging.bsky.app/profile/deviantollam.bsky.social
This is my GitHub. I post my design files there...
github.com/deviantollam
This is my personal web site. Most things i create wind up online...
deviating.net
This is my company. We're good at stuff...
enterthecore.net
This is where I train. Come and learn badass skills...
redteamalliance.com
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