catculation@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homeswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1480arrow-down15cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoYou can have security cameras without putting them on the Internet for anyone to access.
minus-squarePatches@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-28 months agoTo be clear you block internet access at your router. Do not trust the camera not to phone home. Depending on your router - this is either very difficult, or a single click but I’ve never seen it be impossible.
minus-squareStegget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoYou are correct. But to be totally honest, Wyze offered an affordable cost and a low barrier to entry. It’s a tradeoff that worked out for me, but I get that it’s not the same math for everyone else.
You can have security cameras without putting them on the Internet for anyone to access.
To be clear you block internet access at your router. Do not trust the camera not to phone home.
Depending on your router - this is either very difficult, or a single click but I’ve never seen it be impossible.
You are correct. But to be totally honest, Wyze offered an affordable cost and a low barrier to entry. It’s a tradeoff that worked out for me, but I get that it’s not the same math for everyone else.