Consumers looking to purchase video doorbells this holiday season would do well to stick with reputable and trusted brands.
A recent review of nearly a dozen inexpensive video doorbells sold via online markets such as Amazon and eBay uncovered multiple security vulnerabilities in each device. The most serious among them was the practice by some of the devices to send Wi-Fi names, passwords, location information, photos, video, email, and other data back to the manufacturer for no obvious reason.
Security consultancy the NCC Group, in collaboration with UK consumer organization Which?, selected 11 video doorbells available on popular online markets in the UK. Some looked very similar to each other but were from different manufacturers. Other devices looked like copycats of Amazon Ring. All of the products had prices that were substantially lower than the average retail…
