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December 1, 2022 01:30 am

Ankers Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras





A Eufy security camera, from Anker. | Image: Anker/Eufy



Anker has built a remarkable reputation for quality over the past decade, building its phone charger business into an empire spanning all sorts of portable electronics — including the Eufy home security cameras we’ve recommended over the years. Eufy’s commitment to privacy is remarkable: it promises your data will be stored locally, that it “never leaves the safety of your home,” that its footage only gets transmitted with “end-to-end” military-grade encryption, and that it will only send that footage “straight to your phone.”


So you can imagine our surprise to learn you can stream video from a Eufy camera, from the other side of the country, with no encryption at all.




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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/30/23486753/anker-eufy-security-camera-cloud-private-encryption-authentication-storage

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