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This week the newsletter included the summary of an article entitled:
- Privacy Nightmare: Your Doorbell Camera Is Snitching to Insurance Companies
together with a link to its source on the gadgetreview.com website.
The article focuses on the USA but should also serve as a useful heads up to home and business owners in the UK.
See link below.
In a nutshell
In a nutshell, doorbell cameras don’t only record audio and video, they also "capture motion events, timestamps, visitor frequency, activity patterns, and device identifiers that reveal when you leave, how often guests visit, and whether your lifestyle fits an insurer’s risk models".
The article author warns that when you fit a doorbell camera you may "unwittingly deploy ... a data-harvesting device that’s building a detailed behavioral profile of your household. Your smart doorbell isn’t just watching for deliveries; it’s documenting every aspect of your daily routine in ways that would make your social media algorithms jealous".
Read the article at the link below to learn how insurance companies and other third parties are using data unwittingly shared with them.
The article also offers some useful advice for how to protect your home and business privacy when installing any smart security device.
The author recommends that you:
- scrutinize privacy settings, and
- disable unnecessary data sharing
to avoid "turning your front door into a corporate surveillance checkpoint".
Source: Your Doorbell Camera Is Snitching to Insurance Companies (gadgetreview.com)
Additional security concern
Keep in mind that every time you install an internet enabled gadget in your home or office, you may also be unwittingly compromising your home or office network.
Any network connected device could be used as the launch point for a cyber attack.
As a minimum, if it has a password then change it.
If it is not password protected (unlikely) or you cannot change its password (possible) then don't connect it to your network.
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