Does new openers have built in wifi?
Asking because I have a buddy that takes his home portable wifi unit with him when he travels.
He would like to be able to remotely check the status of open/closed of his door. Also needs to be able to open for somebody if he needs to let them in.

I believe that depends on the brand/model. Coincidentally, I'm having both of my 17 year-old openers replaced today with LiftMaster units that have built-in motion sensing 360 degree cameras, battery back-up, and can be viewed and controlled from an app on my phone.

I have Liftmasters with wifi access and battery backup. They are nice because I can open/close the door when I am away from home if needed and if I get home and the power is out I can still open/close the door. You can also tell in the MyQ app whether of not the door is open or closed.

You will have to purchase the Liftmaster gateway to interface it to the wifi but that part is not too expensive. I also have my gate opener/closer on my driveway hooked up and that part is nice as well.

I bought a new opener with MY Q. Very handy to have the phone app. Have it set to close the door automaticly at 11pm in case I forget. Has a camera built in. Now I want to buy one for the door on the other side.

My new opener has MyQ that is built in WiFi

I added the MyQ wifi to two older units that did not have it.

It fits most units built after 1993.

This link shows what doors are compatible.

https://www.chamberlain.com/myq-compatibility-tool

MyQ seems to be the big game in town, not much in the way of options for seeing the door and controlling it remotely. Their app does a decent job and you can go in and set schedules such as "at 11pm, if the door is open, close it" and it will do it every day, tested it and it works perfecetly.

You can also setup notifications as to how you like, so it will tell you when it's opened, and by who. We give our daughter access to the house via the app, and I put one at her house to do the same with us.

She doesn't get notifications on ours and vis a versa, but we can open and close her door.

Any MyQ opener will work, and they have a MyQ adapter system that will work with most older door openers, just check the list, that way you don't have to buy a new door opener the link above has all the details.

Chamberlain's Ai chat says no units with its own wifi.

My 2016 Chamberlain has MyQ. I didn't think I'd ever use it but it's handy:

away from home and having doubts if you closed the garage door - just open app and see whether doors are open/closed. Can close it with app too if necessary.

away from home and neighbor calls asking for help. I've opened door and told guided them to where tool/garage chemical is located. For example, neighbor had a lock that wouldn't open and I guided her to the spray can of lock lubricant that one of Sigforum's locksmith's had recommended, talked her through using it, and she was able to get in her house without calling locksmith.

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I think they're the stupidest god damn thing I've ever seen, same with "smart" locks on your doors.

but yes, you can connect it over the internet and open your garage door from Kathmandu.

The daughter gave us a MyQ for Christmas several years ago. We love it.

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Originally posted by FenderBender:
I think they're the stupidest god damn thing I've ever seen, same with "smart" locks on your doors.

It certainly does imply serious security vulnerabilities, but most anything that provides convenience opens new avenues of attack.

I very much hope the WiFi "password" is not the only authentication barrier. Since many people do not lock the door between their garage and their living space, the potential return for a successful compromise seems very high. Should someone steal your phone, does this give them access to your home and teenage daughter as well (potentially true for 'net- or bluetooth-enabled door locks)?

People scan and get codes to some openers easily enough, leave a car parked outside with an opener in it, easy access for a thief.

Breaking into an iPhone is next to impossible, even the FBI can't do it without asking Apple who tells them no. Unless the phone is unlocked when stolen/lost it's not easy to break into it, much less your home.

So far no nefarious criminal types have tried to jail break myQ's security.

Leaving a car for work at a dealer, no access to the opener to anyone there, car wash, valet..... same.

Someone wants in your house they'll find a way, just be home, naked and have a shot gun handy....

Locks keep honest people out.

If someone wants into my house they have 6 foot glass sliders.

Kick in the glass and walk in.

All someone needs to do is to hack your home wifi. Once they're on your network, they can access any device on it.
Doorbell cameras are particularly easy for hackers to use to gain access.
Then they can just open the garage door or a smart lock.
The run of the mill burglar or punk kid can't do that, but there are enough digitally aware ones out there that can.

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Originally posted by Bluecobra:
I have Liftmasters with wifi access and battery backup. They are nice because I can open/close the door when I am away from home if needed and if I get home and the power is out I can still open/close the door. You can also tell in the MyQ app whether of not the door is open or closed.

You will have to purchase the Liftmaster gateway to interface it to the wifi but that part is not too expensive. I also have my gate opener/closer on my driveway hooked up and that part is nice as well.

That’s what I’ve been using for over a decade.

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Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
All someone needs to do is to hack your home wifi. Once they're on your network, they can access any device on it.
Doorbell cameras are particularly easy for hackers to use to gain access.
Then they can just open the garage door or a smart lock.

No they can not. Every one of these convience devices we have (thermostats, main water shut off, alarm systems, generators, garage door openers, etc.) requires an online account that you have to be logged into in order to access that particular device.

For example, since we are talking about garage door openers, you need to have an account with MyIQ and be logged into it in order to open and close the garage doors using your own network. Nobody else on your network can open or close the garage doors unless they know your account name and password, plus we have two-factor identification setup, so you need accesses to my emails or texts as well.

Even if you have access to my MyIQ account, you'd need my user name and password for each my other convenience devices plus email or texts to access it.

Of course there are apps for you mobile devices, which of course require you to be logged into those accounts. The nice about the apps is you get notifications when something happens. Someone opens the garage door by any means, I get a notification.

As far as my kids go, my layers of security are need to know. They don't need to know, but nobody is sneaking in or out without me knowing.

^^^^^
I'm relaying what the owner of a security company told me.
If it can't happen because they need an account and password, how do all these security breaches happen on networks much more secure than a home WiFi network?

I have some of the best security many "can't" buy.

Nosey neighbors. Their house faces my garage doors.

You said the guy is taking his WiFi router with him. How does the opener connect without WiFi?

"Asking because I have a buddy that takes his home portable wifi unit with him when he travels."

Perhaps, as usual, I have misunderstood what I read.

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Originally posted by HRK:
Breaking into an iPhone is next to impossible, even the FBI can't do it without asking Apple who tells them no. Unless the phone is unlocked when stolen/lost it's not easy to break into it, much less your home.

Easy peasy with 12% to 15% of Sigforumites to get into their phones. Hopefully, they're neophytes and don't have any apps that are security related.