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MostCynical [soylentnews.org] writes:

The Sydney Morning Herald [smh.com.au] has a report about a badly confgured baby monitor.

A mother in the Australian state of Western Australia purchased the Uniden Smart Baby Monitor for $250 so her fly-in, fly-out partner could stay connected to their eight-month-old daughter, as he works away from home for extended periods.

The device allows a user to view their child on their smart phone from anywhere in the world using a QR scan code and generic password.

However the mother said she was concerned about the security around the product, after it logged her into another stranger's nursery.

The mother reported that she followed the instructions, but the room she saw once logged in was not her daughter's bedroom.

Uniden did not reveal if it had received any similar complaints about the smart camera.

Is any IoT device secure?

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