Eufy leaking your "private" images/faces & names... to the cloud.

[EOAEvan]

 

[EOAEvan]

LTT did a quick story on it as well during their WAN show. The time stamp is for the summary but you can go back to 27:17 if you want to listen to their whole convo on it.

 

[wittaj]

Like any of us should be surprised....but hey government lets target and go after the Chinese companies that make cameras that can work without Internet and not say a word about Chinese based Eufy (cross-threading) that is sending stuff to the cloud for all to see...

 

[wittaj]

Here is what The Hookup had to say:

 

[EOAEvan]

Interesting. It's good to hear this take on it as well. I think the issue I have is how they plaster all over that its local only and its not. Regardless of the legitimacy of the reasons why. My opinion is just that they need to tweak the marketing to be accurate.

 

[Mike A.]

A little late for that. This hurt them a lot with a big chunk of their customers who used to tout them on that basis vs Ring and others.

 

[Jim I.]

Here is what The Hookup had to say:

After watching his video, it sounds like he did a lot of research on the subject before making the YouTube video.

 

[EOAEvan]

"Eufy responds to privacy allegations, admits it must do better"

Eufy responds to privacy allegations, admits it must do better

Anker’s Eufy has promised to be “more clear” about when its security cameras store data in the cloud.

www.techhive.com

Actual response from Eufy (after weeks of nothing):

To our eufy Security Customers and Partners

December 19, 2022 RE: Recent security claims against eufy Security To our eufy Security Customers and Partners: At eufy Security, we are taking a new approach to home security. Our security solutions have been designed to operate locally and, wherever possible, avoid using the cloud. This...

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