‘Disturbing’ glitch allowed security camera owners to see inside other people’s homes ‘as they walked around naked’
OWNERS of a popular security camera were left stunned after receiving images from inside other people’s homes instead of their own.
One user claims that they even saw a couple stark naked.
The embarrassing issue affected “a small number” of Wyze customers, according to the Seattle-based firm.
“Went to check on my cameras and they are all gone be replaced with a new one…and this isn’t mine!” one shocked user wrote on Reddit.
“Apologies if this is your house/dog…..I don’t want it showing up as much as you don’t want it!”
Another said: “Mine opened to a naked couple in their home. I’m scared to open it again.
“Disturbing experience honestly because who knows if people were watching me now.”
Some customers sparked further concern after noticing they were able to see into the same homes.
The tech blunder was only noticed by people who logged onto Wyze’s web viewer at view.wyze.com.
A company rep told customers that the problem was down to a “web caching issue” and lasted about 30 minutes on Friday.
“The issue DID NOT affect the Wyze app or users that did not log in to view.wyze.com during that time period,” the firm said in a forum post.
“Once we identified the issue we shut down view.wyze.com for about an hour to investigate and fix the issue.
“This experience does not reflect our commitment to users or the investments we’ve made over the last few years to enhance security.
“We are continuing to investigate this issue and will make efforts to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
“We’re also working to identify affected users.”
A spokesperson told The Verge that around ten users’ feeds could have been exposed.
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