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posted by takyon on Saturday November 18 2017, @03:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the turning-a-blind-eye dept.

WHEN AMAZON LAUNCHED[sic] its Amazon Key service last month, it also offered a remedy for anyone—realistically, most people—who might be creeped out that the service gives random strangers unfettered access to your home. That security antidote? An internet-enabled camera called Cloud Cam, designed to sit opposite your door and reassuringly record every Amazon Key delivery.

But now security researchers have demonstrated that with a simple program run from any computer in Wi-Fi range, that camera can be not only disabled but frozen. A viewer watching its live or recorded stream sees only a closed door, even as their actual door is opened and someone slips inside. That attack would potentially enable rogue delivery people to stealthily steal from Amazon customers, or otherwise invade their inner sanctum.

Source: https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-key-flaw-let-deliverymen-disable-your-camera/

Previously: Walmart Wants to Deliver Groceries Directly Into Your Fridge
Amazon Wants to Deliver Purchases into Your Home


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  • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Sunday November 19 2017, @02:20AM

    by Reziac (2489) on Sunday November 19 2017, @02:20AM (#598818) Homepage

    There's a way to have street deliveries go to your post office instead. You'll have to get the correct address for that from your local post office. (I used this to get packages where the vendor would not deliver to a P.O. box, which I had because street deliveries were a problem!)

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