Doorbell cameras make it easy for you to watch who’s coming and going, but many don’t realize those videos can be used by hackers.
You’d likely never know they’re watching.
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“We were really surprised to find that anyone could walk up to one of these doorbells and take it over in a matter of seconds, and from there, actually view screenshots of the doorbell potentially from thousands of miles away,” said Consumer Reports Reporter Daniel Wroclawski.
>> In the video at the top of the page, a new Consumer Reports investigation finds troubling security flaws in some video doorbells sold by the country’s biggest retailers.
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