I know this is the original title, but it's kind of misleading. I clicked this article thinking that somehow the vulnerability literally opened your door to burglars (e.g. if you have a smart door lock).
To make stuff even better: forcing the Dropcam to disassociate with the owner's wifi network and reassociate with my own? Take a RPi, a 3G dongle, a battery pack and throw it into a nearby bush... perfect to stalk out when the home owners are not there, and thanks to the 3g connectivity no one will even have to look around and arouse suspicion with neighbors.
Burglary rates have cratered not because of security systems but because people don't have things that are easy to trade for cash.
Unless it's jewelry, cash or guns it has virtually no value sold hot.
It must have been very lucrative for the pair of thieves. Also scary that a single key works across an entire zip code.
It maxes out at about 1.5Mbps (1080p high motion)