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This ‘Amazon’s Choice’ video doorbell could let just about anyone spy on you
Have you seen this doorbell camera? Read this.
You might say “Ah, this isn’t a big threat because a bad actor needs local access to the camera” — but that assumes they can’t figure out a way to randomly hit upon working serial numbers, or recruit porch pirates to canvas neighborhoods. You also might say “Won’t Eken just stop hosting these images at freely accessible URLs?” That’d be good, but it apparently couldn’t be bothered to respond to Consumer Reports ’requests for comment. “I have made tens of thousands of requests without any defense mechanisms triggering,” Consumer Reports ’ privacy and security engineer Steve Blair tells The Verge via a spokesperson.
Or read this on The Verge
