Manufacturer faulted for slow response and lack of transparency to customers
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expiredCubixco posted Oct 04, 2023 01:29 AM
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Weird—is the accusation that Wyze wasn't transparent to its customers?
" Anker's Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras"
https://www.theverge.co
" Anker finally comes clean about its Eufy security cameras/Anker admits its always-encrypted cameras weren't always encrypted — and promises to do better."
https://www.theverge.com/23573362/anker-eufy-security-camera-answers-encryption [theverge.com]
"Anker's Eufy admits unencrypted videos could be accessed, plans overhaul"
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/ankers-eufy-admits-problems-with-unencrypted-video-access-pledges-overhaul/ [arstechnica.com]
https://us.eufy.com/products/t84001w1
" Anker's Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras"
https://www.theverge.co
" Anker finally comes clean about its Eufy security cameras/Anker admits its always-encrypted cameras weren't always encrypted — and promises to do better."
https://www.theverge.com/23573362/anker-eufy-security-camera-answers-encryption [theverge.com]
"Anker's Eufy admits unencrypted videos could be accessed, plans overhaul"
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/ankers-eufy-admits-problems-with-unencrypted-video-access-pledges-overhaul/ [arstechnica.com]
Weird, do any of those articles allege or prove that HomeKit video wasn't encrypted?
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Outdoor/wireless ones have an SD card but won't do continuous local recording I don't think (or at least I never got it to work)
I like Wyze mostly. I use Wyze daily.
...but I don't trust the company. They bury flaws and never admit to it, definitely don't remedy.
Exs
1, as mentioned. The V1 security flaw. Never fixed. Just released newer versions
2. Original sensor kit- if the battery in the sensor died fully , they bricked themselves. Again never acknowledged or warrantied...just put out a newer version
3. Wyze robot vacuum has many reports of damaging floors. No official response as of yet that I know of.
It's cheap stuff that works mostly. But the company is not high integrity in my book.
Confusing naming used by wyze on this one, OG usually means "the original", but they chose to use that on this newest version (v4?)
Outdoor/wireless ones have an SD card but won't do continuous local recording I don't think (or at least I never got it to work)
I like Wyze mostly. I use Wyze daily.
...but I don't trust the company. They bury flaws and never admit to it, definitely don't remedy.
Exs
1, as mentioned. The V1 security flaw. Never fixed. Just released newer versions
2. Original sensor kit- if the battery in the sensor died fully , they bricked themselves. Again never acknowledged or warrantied...just put out a newer version
3. Wyze robot vacuum has many reports of damaging floors. No official response as of yet that I know of.
It's cheap stuff that works mostly. But the company is not high integrity in my book.
I have found Wyze customer service to be worthless. If you purchase many of their cams you will get some defective. I just return to store and let them know it's defective instead of going in circles with their copy/paste resolutions.
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