Video doorbells, manufactured by a Chinese company called Eken and sold under various brand names for about $30, come with each. serious security issues puts its users at risk Consumer Reports. The publication found that these doorbell cameras are sold at popular marketplaces such as Walmart, Sears, and Amazon, which even provided some of their listings. Amazon Choice badge. They are listed under the brands Eken, Tuck, Fishbot, Rakeblue, Andoe, Gemee and Luckwolf, among others, and they are usually linked to the user’s phone via the Aiwit app. Outside of the US, the devices are sold on global marketplaces such as Shein and Temu. We also found them on China’s Alibaba and Southeast Asian e-commerce site Lazada.
Basically Consumer Reports According to research, these devices are not encrypted and can expose the user’s home IP address and WiFi network name to the Internet, making it easier for bad actors to gain access. Worse, someone with physical access to the doorbell can easily control it by creating an account on the Aiwit app, then pressing its button to put it into pairing mode that connects it to the phone. And even if the original owner regains control, a hijacker can get time-stamped images from a doorbell as long as they know its serial number. If they choose to “share that serial number with other people or even post it online,” all those people will be able to track the photos as well. Consumer Reports explains.
Based on the ratings these doorbell listings get on Amazon, the platform has been sold to thousands of people who probably expected the devices to provide some form of security for their homes. Instead, the devices threaten their security and privacy. Doorbells can even put people’s well-being and lives at risk, for example if they have stalkers or are victims of domestic violence with dangerous pasts who want to track their every move.
People who own one of these video doorbells can protect themselves by disconnecting it from WiFi and physically removing it from their home. Consumer Reports He said he reported his findings to the online marketplaces that sold them in the hope that their listings would be taken down. Temu told the publication that it was looking into the matter, but Amazon, Sears and Shein’s did not respond.
