Published 1 year ago

Eufy cameras allegedly uploaded data to the cloud - despite local storage promises

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Security researcher Paul Moore found that when using the Eufy Video Doorbell Dual camera he was able to access thumbnails of images used for facial recognition and metadata that could be used to identify him stored in the cloud. Moore used another camera, HomeBase (for local storage) and username to replicate the issue and found that despite using an entirely different system, he was still able to tag and link his facial recognition ID with his picture. This should only be possible if the system is truly fully local, these thumbnails should not have made it onto the servers.

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Eufy cameras allegedly uploaded data to the cloud - despite local storage promises

Security expert Paul Moore was able to find sensitive personally identifiable information stored on Eufy’s servers despite promises of local data storage only.

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