Wyze Cams Spying on You? Don't Count on Stopping It Anytime Soon

For those of you who have been concerned about the potential for Wyze cameras to spy on you, there is a glimmer of hope. Turns out, if you are tech savvy enough, you can stop Wyze from spying on you. But don’t get too excited just yet. The process is complicated and time consuming. First, you must trawl their servers for old firmware that supports RTSP. Then, reflash the cams and install a boot script on your router to inject custom iptables rules that drop all packets from the cams except those destined for local devices. Sounds simple enough? Not so fast. Unfortunately, even with this method in place it is still not guaranteed that your privacy will be protected 100%. The truth is that even if users take all the necessary steps to protect themselves from Wyze’s prying eyes, there is still no guarantee that their data won’t be collected by other third-party companies or malicious actors with access to Wyze’s servers or networks. This means that any data stored by Wyze could potentially be accessed without users' knowledge or consent. What’s more concerning is the fact that this issue has been around since 2018 and yet nothing has been done by Wyze to address it properly or ensure user privacy and security going forward. While they have made some efforts such as introducing two-factor authentication for their accounts and encrypting data at rest, these measures do not go far enough in protecting users' data from being accessed without permission or consent. At the end of the day, while it may be possible to stop Wyze from spying on you using certain methods outlined above, it should not be taken lightly as there are still many risks involved in doing so and no guarantee of complete privacy protection either way. Until Wyze takes proper steps to ensure user privacy and security going forward, it may be best for consumers to stay away from their products altogether until further notice - just in case!