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Reason #1 why I would never buy an internet-connected camera is all the times people have hacked them. Someone I know recently had a random talk to her out of h
by vosper 3y ago
Reason #1 why I would never buy an internet-connected camera is all the times people have hacked them. Someone I know recently had a random talk to her out of her cloud-connected baby monitor. The companies who make internet-connected baby monitors do not give a shit about security.
We have an Infant Optics DXR-8 Pro for our baby monitor. It's cheaper than the device mentioned in the article, is not connected to the internet/wifi in any way, and works great. I've just bought another one.
- tivert 3y ago> Someone I know recently had a random talk to her out of her cloud-connected baby monitor. The companies who make internet-connected baby monitors do not give a shit about security. Yeah, I bought an old-school audio-only radio baby monitor for just that reason. Sure, a HAM in a van could theoretically creep out my kid that way, but the physical proximity required makes that extremely unlikely.
- heavyset_go 3y agoBack in the day, you could listen to neighbors' phone calls and baby monitors by just turning your own wireless phone and/or monitor.
- Cerium 3y agoI agree that the Infant Optics monitor is great. Totally foolproof, decent range (unless you have concrete walls) and much lower latency than any of the internet connected devices I have seen. I also recommend Phillip's line of audio only monitors. They are even lower latency and have an excellent filtering algorithm built in. I can play lullaby at a decent volume and it won't let any audio through, but as soon as baby makes a tiny noise the audio comes through clearly (including the music of course). It saves a bit of mental load from listening to baby music all the time.