[HN Gopher] 'Smart' doorbells for sale on Amazon came stocked wi...
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       '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.
        
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