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Tag: IoT devices

Buyer Beware: Used Google Nest cams can let people spy on you

Thursday, June 20, 2019 9:14 am3 Comments

Even performing a factory reset may not be enough to protect privacy for owners of the popular Nest Cam Indoor.

Apple patent application explores simplification of device connectivity, including generating a mesh network in an emergency

Friday, March 22, 2019 9:32 pm4 Comments

Wearable devices like the Apple Watch and Internet of Things hardware could have an easier time connecting…

U.S. Senate committee demands answers from Google about hidden microphones inside Nest ‘home security’ devices

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 3:58 pm5 Comments

After last week’s privacy blunder involving Google’s Nest home security system, US lawmakers want answers…

Google’s Nest Secure system contains a hidden microphone that Google kept secret from users

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:03 pmWednesday, February 20, 201920 Comments

If your IoT device secretly contained a microphone, which was previously undocumented…

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