Reclaim The Net By Ken Macon
Questions have been raised about where data gets stored.
Eufy, a smart home devices company owned by the Chinese brand Anker Innovations, has responded to some parts of the claims made by security researchers that it uses cloud services. The company had long said it prioritizes “local storage” and does not use cloud storage.
Over the past few weeks, Eufy’s cloud policies have come under scrutiny. In late October, a British researcher discovered that phone alerts sent from Eufy were stored on an unencrypted cloud server. The unencrypted data included facial identification data. Another security firm said that two years of research on Eufy security showed similar unencrypted data transfers.
At the time, Eufy acknowledged it uses cloud servers to store thumbnail images, promising it would let customers receiving mobile alerts know about it. However, the company did not address other concerns that were raised by security analysts, including that live camera feeds could be accessed via VLC Media Player, provided someone had the correct URL, whose encryption can be brute-forced.
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