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Nest's Dropcam outage reveals the downside of online-only IP cameras

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Some Dropcam and Nest Cam (http://www.techhive.com/article/2937216/nest-labs-revamps-its-entire-product-line-goodbye-dropcam-hello-nest-cam.html) users may have felt a little less secure last night, when a service outage rendered the IP cameras inaccessible for several hours.</p><p>
The outage also affected other Nest products, including Nest Learning Thermostats and Protect smoke detectors. Nest acknowledged the outage (https://twitter.com/nestsupport/status/641060171200880641) at 9:28 p.m. Eastern time, and restored service (https://twitter.com/nestsupport/status/641110784701939712) at 12:48 a.m. The Alphabet (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2969252/internet/google-restructures-naming-parent-company-alphabet.html)-owned company hasn’t explained exactly what caused the lengthy outage, but is encouraging users to contact customer support if problems persist.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2981584/connected-home/nests-dropcam-outage-reveals-the-downside-of-online-only-ip-cameras.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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