Could a Stranger Hack Into Your Baby Monitor?

April 30, 2014

Last August, Marc Gilbert of Houston heard a man yelling ” Wake up, Allyson, you little (expletive)” through the baby monitor in his two-year-old’s room. His daughter’s name was spelled out on the wall. In this case, Allyson couldn’t hear the stranger: She is deaf and her cochlear implants were turned off at the time.

In both cases, the…

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.