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.
“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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