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Anyone Could Have Been Watching Your Kids on Certain Baby Monitors

PetaPixel·Jeremy Gray·21 days ago
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Another day, another Wi-Fi camera hack. “A million” network-connected baby monitors and security cameras were visible to hackers, exposing many households to extreme privacy violations and security concerns. As The Verge claims in a bombshell report , hackers could easily, remotely view baby monitors and security cameras made by the Chinese white-label brand, Meari Technology. This company makes and sells numerous network-attached camera devices on major marketplaces, like Amazon, under different brand names. Sammy Azdoufal easily found 1.1 million remotely accessible Meari cameras, The Verge explains. “Just by inspecting the Android app, Azdoufal says he was able to extract a single key that gave him access to devices across 118 countries,” The Verge reports. As The Verge ‘s Sean Hollister rightly explains, there is something extremely disturbing about having access to a camera inside someone’s home, all without their knowledge.…

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