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An internet routable camera in the house with a voice channel is the exact kind of thing that should have a two-plus factor authentication, strong tls capabilit
by ultimoo 12y ago
An internet routable camera in the house with a voice channel is the exact kind of thing that should have a two-plus factor authentication, strong tls capabilities, responds only to pre-approved IP address ranges, and any other paranoid security practice that you can come up with.
In fact any tin foil class practice in these situations is worthwhile.
- cbhl 12y agoOn the other hand, new parents are probably really stressed out (being awoken in the middle of the night, etc.) so I wonder whether parents would be willing to put up with two-factor auth on such a camera.
- valarauca1 12y agoIs opening your laptop, waiting for it to pull up the site, load the feed, wait until your eyes can actually focus, faster then walking 10-20 feet down a hall to another room? Maybe I just don't understand the company's target use case not having children of my own.
- ejdyksen 12y agoThe point is not having to open the door to the child's room, as this might keep them from falling back to sleep.
- chrismcb 12y agoI'm thinking checking your phone while you are at dinner is probably a little faster than walking back to the house. And having a window up an running while you are in another room working is also probably faster. The baby is supposed to be sleeping, you don't need to walk into the room every 5 minutes to check. I'm also going to guess the use case is NOT for people without children.
- ars 12y agoYou don't for the it to load - you leave it running all the time. Some kids wake up and don't cry right away, it's best to take them out of the crib then, and not wait for crying.
- jonny_eh 12y agopre-approved IP ranges? Makes it kinda hard to access over 3G then. Easier would be to make it only available on the LAN and then access it via a VPN. But even that would be too complex for 99% of the population.