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Title: PSA: Don’t trust Amazon’s Choice video doorbells – some allow anyone to spy on you
Post by: HCK on March 05, 2024, 04:05:08 pm
PSA: Don’t trust Amazon’s Choice video doorbells – some allow anyone to spy on you

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/02/Amazons-Choice-video-doorbells.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>Consumer Reports found that some Amazon’s Choice video bells have <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">security[/url] so bad that a complete stranger can pair their phone to your doorbell simply by holding the exterior button for eight seconds.</p>



<p>Bad actors can even access still images from thousands of miles away, without needing any credentials for your account, creating a <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/privacy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">privacy[/url] nightmare …</p>



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