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robertpohllast Friday at 7:58 PM5 repliesview on HN

If a friend have this camera, shuld he be worried?


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buddhistdudelast Friday at 8:42 PM

not necessarily worried, but like put on some pants before entering the room

userbinatorlast Friday at 9:30 PM

If it's isolated from the Internet, no.

g5pwlast Friday at 9:49 PM

As @tehlike said in a sibling comment, it looks like it is supported by https://thingino.com, so you can 'update' the firmware to a more secure (and FOSS) one!

tamimiolast Friday at 9:27 PM

Per the article, the attacker can restart the camera and potentially find the accurate position of it. However, if the attacker can be physically in proximity within the camera range, they can MITM it and intercept the video feed. So it depends on your friend's threat model. If the camera is recording something in a public location and they don't mind the location being exposed and potentially the video feed (like plenty of live public cameras), then it shouldn't be an issue. Otherwise, they need to disable it until it gets fixed.

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sciencejerklast Friday at 8:20 PM

Yep