Remote hacks are the far more likely scenario, and examples crop up fairly often in the news cycle. Local hacks are unlikely to affect you, though, as they require focused intent on the target. Hacking routers directly and locally is one route, albeit an uncommon one, to access a security camera feed. But even if they're effective, that doesn't mean your smart cameras are totally secure. In short, security companies appear to be consciously using multiple levels of security to protect customers from potential abuse by installers and technicians - even if the processes by which they do this aren't entirely transparent. This relentless focus includes both internal and external security protocols.' One such company, Frontpoint, said in an email that it tightly constrains personnel access to customer information, disallowing, for instance, agents from watching customer camera feeds - except in particular, time-boxed cases where permissions are obtained from the customer, for the purpose of troubleshooting or other types of assistance.Ī representative of SimpliSafe, another developer straddling the line between DIY and professionally installed home security, responded more broadly to questions about its procedures: 'Much of our day-to-day work is focused on maintaining our systems so that vulnerabilities are immediately identified and addressed.

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