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are you being watched millions of people have indoor smart cameras but have you

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ever wondered exactly how resistant they are to being hacked and whether someone

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could be watching you as you sit on your couch tuck in your kids or engage

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in other activities although many of the

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larger companies that sell indoor cameras tout security as a prime feature

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iot devices have a generally poor reputation for keeping hackers out

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because these devices are typically built with more of a focus on the

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primary function whether that's a thermostat a vacuum or a camera their

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security usually isn't as good as say a

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PC or a smartphone so if you're in the market for an indoor camera how can you

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know there isn't some kind of vulnerability like this lurking in the

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model you've been eyeing up unfortunately you can't especially as

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there's no such thing as absolute security online or in life for that

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matter but there are ways you can mitigate the risk to to the point where

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you probably won't have to worry too much about it possibly the most obvious

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solution is to Simply have a camera that doesn't connect to the cloud there are

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plenty of cameras that can just record footage to a memory card but if you

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actually want to view your camera feed in real time you could consider

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self-hosting which typically involves connecting a camera to your network and

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installing open- Source software onto a computer or a server to control it but

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this often involves Advanced configuration beyond what a typical user

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who just wants a plug-and-play solution would go for and just because you do it

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yourself doesn't mean you're immune from security holes namely you need to watch

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out for devices that ask you to open up a port or to enable a feature called

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UPnP you can think of ports as a series of doors between your network and the

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outside internet each with their own number and usually a purpose normally

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your home network should have all ports closed so that you don't have randos

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from God knows where connecting to your devices but some some Services require

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you to open ports for them to function correctly and UPnP which stands for

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universal plug andplay can open ports automatically reputable smart cameras

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often allow you to connect without opening ports but if you do have to open

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one it can be very easy for a bad actor to locate your camera and just start

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watching its video feed in fact there's even a special search engine called

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showan no relation to the malevolent AI

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specifically designed to allow people to find iot devices such as cameras and if

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you've opened up the wrong Port you might have just given someone out there

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a free pass into your living room hope you laid out some snacks cuz they're

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hungry of course this doesn't mean a solution that involves opening ports is

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always a terrible idea if you have a good piece of equipment with strong

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security including two Factor authentication opening a port may not be

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that big of a deal now if self-hosting safely seems a bit too complicated but

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you still want remote access to your cameras it's likely you'll end up up

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purchasing a camera from a big brand that offers a cloud-based app but these

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cloud-based products starts with choosing a camera manufacturer with a

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good track record of being privacy focused as some of them have made

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headlines for the wrong reasons Anor for example caught some serious Heat heat

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after their yui brand of security cameras was found to have a pretty big

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flaw that would allow an attacker to tap into a live camera feed fairly easily if

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they knew the unit's serial number so theoretically a bad actor could purchase

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a camera make note of the serial number sell it secondhand and then spy on the

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poor sucker who bought it confidence in a company though isn't just a question

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of have they been hacked but also their response ankor took quite a while to

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admit their cameras had security issues after the issue came to light and wise

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another iot company that makes cameras didn't disclose a different

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vulnerability for around 3 years from the time they were first informed about

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it wise was also criticized for instructing customers to open ports in

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order to get around a software bug that caused home routers to block access to

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the camera feed which in turn caused a

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security hole so if you want to feel a bit better about the camera you choose

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find a company that has dealt with any previous security breaches in a

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proactive manner but aside from avoiding messing with ports and vendors with

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Spotty security records you should also take Common Sense precautions for a

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camera that depends on cloud services such as those sold by Google's Nest

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brand have a strong password and enable two-factor authentication consider using

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a camera shutter when you're at home and ensure your home Wi-Fi network is

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protected by a strong password of course there's also something to be said for

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simply pointing your smart camera towards an area of your home where

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you're not going to be walking around without your clothes on just an idea and

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