I think most people aware of Hikvision at this point understand the lack of privacy and security. This seems to take it up to a new level though with their software being used to distribute hacked material obtained by bad actors. Marked as NSFW purely due to the sensitive subject matter of the article.
Why the fuck are people comfortable putting cloud based cameras in their homes? There is literally no positive tradeoff for that security risk and the loss of privacy.
Convenience matters more to people that security or common sense.
Same reason the most common passwords are still password and 1234
Username suggests you’re speaking for the lot. lol
Oh please, They are not nearly smart enough to recognize how stupid they are.
Unlike me.
I work in the field of live video surveillance for commercial customers (why I came across this) and I have no idea why someone would put up any sort of cloud solution where privacy was a concern. Every time an article comes out in regard to these cloud solutions it’s about massive security flaws or from the people managing the cloud solution itself abusing access. Also in general cloud cameras are becoming Hostage As A Service where the cameras are nearly useless without paying subscriptions to these services. In general I would warn people against cloud solutions unless there happened to be a very specific instance where the tradeoff was worth it. None of those situations come to mind though.
I’m with you on that. Working in IT, I was surprised that my boss has a camera positioned over his toddler’s crib and other cameras throughout the house that he was accessing while we were on a team happy hour. Not at all worth the risk.