[HN Gopher] 'Smart' doorbells for sale on Amazon came stocked wi... ___________________________________________________________________ 'Smart' doorbells for sale on Amazon came stocked with security vulnerabilities Author : 0xmohit Score : 57 points Date : 2020-11-23 17:38 UTC (5 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.cyberscoop.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.cyberscoop.com) | yters wrote: | I also saw a very popular security camera product called Wyze | that surreptitiously sends customer information to computers | outside the US. | | https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1GN9BTTWQZK3P/re... | https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2NX523G3R0CZ8/re... | wdb wrote: | How is that different from all the products that send customer | information to the US? | milkytron wrote: | Since those reviews were posted, Wyze has actually enabled | support for RTSP, which would address some of the issues those | reviews mentioned. I haven't tested it out myself, but it seems | to be working for a lot of people. I'm not sure if it still | attempts to send data back to its own mothership though. | moralsupply wrote: | LockPickingLawyer has plenty of videos showing how pretty much | everything that Amazon sells has security issues... | | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm9K6rby98W8JigLoZOh6FQ | strogonoff wrote: | From the linked article[0], which the posted URL appears to be a | blogspam regurgitation of: | | > After the seller of the Victure doorbell declined to give a | refund, we took the case directly to Amazon, who agreed to fully | refund the customer. | | That's probably the most viable way: if enough people request | refunds, Amazon will have to address the shady sellers. | | [0] https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/11/the-smart-video- | doorbel... | kyriakos wrote: | How's being on amazon relevant? | dariusj18 wrote: | I think it indicates the reach of the product. The implication | being that many more people are more likely to purchase the | item if it is on Amazon rather than just being sold by a single | retail site. | ProAm wrote: | Because Amazon has a history of product quality and control | problems. | nkrisc wrote: | Because the researchers bought the products from Amazon. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-11-23 23:00 UTC)