Bedroom camera footage hacked, sold online - VnExpress International
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Untold hours of private camera footage from bedrooms, changing rooms, toilets and massage parlors in Vietnam have been hacked and put on sale online.
  • EvergreenGuru@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    This is why you shouldn’t use cloud services for personal security, because the cloud is just someone else’s computer.

    • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      601·
      10 months ago

      Also, quit putting unnecessary, Internet connected cameras indoors.

      I seriously cannot fathom the amount of people that seem to want to put cameras up in their own bedrooms and just let them stream video constantly.

      It has nothing to do with any serious home security, and everything to do with mindless consumerism. Hopefully it’s a trend that will pass.

    • w2tpmf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      In general, cloud services have far better security than DIY systems. All of the hacked systems in this article are home based systems.

      • bruhduh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        10 months ago

        You can’t connect home system that is never connected to internet, basically make home server and hook up cameras and don’t ever connect that to internet

        • w2tpmf@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          10 months ago

          Half the reason to own a security camera system is so you can monitor it while away. Can’t do that if the system isn’t online.