Consumer Reports found dangerous security vulnerabilities in cheap doorbell cameras

Facepalm: Consumer Reports delivers investigative reports and tests mass-manufactured products, providing advice and documentation on how consumers can protect their rights. The latest CR report focuses on doorbell cameras, and the findings couldn’t be worse. Consumer Reports investigated inexpensive doorbell cameras, revealing that they are plagued by “terrible” security practices and are essentially all produced by the same Chinese company. These devices are being sold on digital marketplaces such as Amazon, Walmart, Temu, and others, and they have proven to be a highly popular product category. CR examined video doorbells made by Eken and Tuck, discovering that they appear to…