That's a nice idea, but Blue Iris in particular, while being affordable and while not requiring a subscription, only runs on Windows. Keeping a Windows system running 24/7 is a whole chore in itself. Got any suggestions for OSes that are easy to secure and easy to run 24/7?
MotionEyeOS isn’t as easy as a Windows installer and is probably only as secure as you make the rest of your network, but as a main Windows user and occasional *nix, the various guides weren’t too hard to follow and it’s been fairly reliable.
We should change the URL to point to the Vice article instead. This is a tweet of a screenshot of the hacker's home page, and while we have no specific reason to disbelieve them, we also have no reason to believe they're telling the whole truth. The Vice story has more context: Ring denies any compromise to their own systems (and if you can't find the ransomware it's not doing its job very well), but there is a third…
I'm just shocked it happened before all rings become zombies on some botnet. maybe we are just missing the news.
I'm genuinely surprised we haven't had something like that happen....yet. All these "smart" appliances, fridges, & stoves gotta have the same vulnerability just waiting to make them bots. Considering they're all running some old Android instance.
It has happened. Lots of these devices ARE on botnets. I think it was cloudflare who claimed a significant amount of DDoS traffic comes from hacked IOT devices
Ring sounds like such a neat idea. I'm in bed and I heard a noise at the front door...I open the app...start live view...black screen Really? Is it that hard? The extension ringer is a great idea too. Place it wherever you will hear it...ding-dong...there was someone at your door about 20-30 seconds ago. Seriously! A doorbell with a camera, the camera won't connect, the bell won't ring
Do you think the camera didn’t work because the parent company got ransomwared? Or is this anecdote related to the posted story in a different way that I’m missing
Apart from leaks harming the privacy of customers, paying ransoms does social harm by providing an income and incentive to criminals. I found leaked details of Royal Mail's negotiations with their attackers fascinating [0]. I'm not sure it's practical to outlaw the payment of ransoms, but it should at least be heavily taxed (say, 100%). Naively, I would expect this to cut by half the amount that can be extorted throu…
Hah the LockBit negotiator displays that childish " I'm going to make something up and be convinced it's true" mentality that's much too common nowadays.. > LockBit refused to accept the explanation and accused the company’s negotiator of “bluffing”, speculating that the company’s directors probably held £100m of cryptocurrency personally that could “finish this nightmare”.
"I have the ability to punish you for my fantasy not being true" isn't childish, it's common among adults, and, indeed, is a defining feature among the adults who abuse children and anyone else less powerful than them. It is, in fact, one of the most powerful tools a dictator has: "You failed to capture that objective? You are incompetent, and possibly traitorous, so you will be executed, your family will be executed, and I will continue this war with competent generals who execute my plans because my plans are viable."
My personal trust of devices like this is low - and since it is capturing public side recordings (outside my front door) I'm less worried about the vidoes. I just prefer to treat them as untrusted devices and put them on my guest network isolated from the rest of my network.
> I don't care because it's just the privacy of my neighbors (and their friends and families)
Ring sounds like such a neat idea. I'm in bed and I heard a noise at the front door...I open the app...start live view...black screen Really? Is it that hard? The extension ringer is a great idea too. Place it wherever you will hear it...ding-dong...there was someone at your door about 20-30 seconds ago. Seriously! A doorbell with a camera, the camera won't connect, the bell won't ring
I have a wifi webcam with no Internet access at my front door. It doesn't need Internet access (in fact, it's blocked from going outside the router). It's happily streaming video onto my home network. I just open the stream in VLC on any device to see the live video feed instantly. Easy to make a shortcut that opens the address in VLC.
Video is also being archived locally elsewhere on my home network, but no outside hosting is needed for either instant live access or home archiving. Just a minimum of research.
When shopping for a camera, only buy one that has ONVIF compatability. Then you can use it with third party apps.
That's a nice idea, but Blue Iris in particular, while being affordable and while not requiring a subscription, only runs on Windows. Keeping a Windows system running 24/7 is a whole chore in itself. Got any suggestions for OSes that are easy to secure and easy to run 24/7?
Frigate, optionally with Home Assistant. Exceptionally reliable for the two years I've used it.
Ring sounds like such a neat idea. I'm in bed and I heard a noise at the front door...I open the app...start live view...black screen Really? Is it that hard? The extension ringer is a great idea too. Place it wherever you will hear it...ding-dong...there was someone at your door about 20-30 seconds ago. Seriously! A doorbell with a camera, the camera won't connect, the bell won't ring
I have a wifi webcam with no Internet access at my front door. It doesn't need Internet access (in fact, it's blocked from going outside the router). It's happily streaming video onto my home network. I just open the stream in VLC on any device to see the live video feed instantly. Easy to make a shortcut that opens the address in VLC. Video is also being archived locally elsewhere on my home network, but no outside…
Which one/s you got? I got the eUfy and the only reason I went for it is because of the built in battery. Curious to know what product you are using.
Ring sounds like such a neat idea. I'm in bed and I heard a noise at the front door...I open the app...start live view...black screen Really? Is it that hard? The extension ringer is a great idea too. Place it wherever you will hear it...ding-dong...there was someone at your door about 20-30 seconds ago. Seriously! A doorbell with a camera, the camera won't connect, the bell won't ring
Even my beloved Ubiquiti's doorbell cam suffers in much the same ways (and my nest had it too). There must be some difficulty here that is non-obvious for all the competitors to be falling into the same flaws.