Stop Using Eufy Security Cameras NOW! (+ Anker & Soundcore)
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Jeff King discusses the concerning security issues with Yuffie's wireless security cameras, which have gained popularity but are now under scrutiny for their privacy flaws. Despite marketing claims of local storage and military-grade encryption, evidence suggests Yuffie is uploading user data, including facial recognition information, to the cloud in an unencrypted manner. This contradicts their privacy promises and raises serious concerns about data security, leading King to advise against using Yuffie or its parent company Anchor's products.
Takeaways
- 📹 Jeff King discusses the growing wireless security camera market and the shift from local to cloud storage.
- 🔒 The script highlights the importance of data security and privacy in home security systems, with a focus on the claims made by companies like yuffie.
- 🚫 Jeff expresses concern over a major flaw in yuffie cameras that allows them to be reset and all associated files to be deleted by simply holding a button for eight seconds.
- 🛑 He warns against the use of yuffie cameras due to discovered issues, which contradict the company's claims about local storage and data privacy.
- 🏆 Forbes and Consumer Reports have previously praised yuffie for their security and customer ratings, which now seems to be in question.
- 🔑 The script mentions that yuffie's privacy policy states that they do not view, share, or use customer video recordings, but evidence suggests otherwise.
- 🌐 It is revealed that yuffie has been uploading customer data, including facial recognition information, to the cloud in an unencrypted manner.
- 🔍 Security expert findings and subsequent discussions on platforms like Reddit and by tech influencers like Linus Tech Tips have exposed yuffie's practices.
- 🚫 Jeff calls for a complete cessation of using yuffie and any other products from the parent company, anchor, due to the discovered data theft and dishonesty.
- 💔 The script concludes with disappointment in the company's actions, especially considering Jeff's previous positive experiences with anchor products.
- ⚠️ A warning is issued about the potential for other smart devices to create security vulnerabilities in consumers' homes.
Q & A
What is the main concern expressed in the video about wireless security cameras?
-The main concern is that wireless security cameras, particularly those from the company Yuffie, have been found to be uploading data, including videos, photos, and facial recognition information, to the cloud without encryption, despite marketing claims of local storage and privacy.
What feature of Yuffie cameras is criticized in the video?
-The video criticizes the reset button feature on Yuffie cameras, which not only disconnects the camera but also deletes it and all associated files from the user's system, potentially allowing thieves to erase evidence by simply pressing the button.
Why does the video suggest that Yuffie's claim of 'military-grade encryption' is misleading?
-The video suggests that Yuffie's claim of 'military-grade encryption' is misleading because despite such claims, the company has been found uploading user data to the cloud in an unencrypted manner, which contradicts the promise of high-level data security.
What is the significance of the mention of Forbes and Consumer Reports in the video?
-Forbes and Consumer Reports are mentioned to highlight that Yuffie has been highly rated by these entities for its security and customer satisfaction. However, the video argues that these ratings may be compromised due to the recent revelations about data handling practices.
What is the relationship between Yuffie and Anchor as discussed in the video?
-Yuffie is a subsidiary of Anchor, which is also the parent company of several other brands. The video discusses concerns about data privacy and security across all brands under the Anchor umbrella, given the issues with Yuffie.
Why does the video recommend against using Yuffie cameras?
-The video recommends against using Yuffie cameras due to the company's alleged deceptive practices regarding data privacy, the potential for unauthorized data access, and the uploading of sensitive information to the cloud without encryption.
What alternative security camera brands does the video suggest considering?
-The video suggests considering alternative security camera brands like Wise and Real Link, which offer local storage options and have not been implicated in the same data privacy issues as Yuffie.
What is the video's stance on the broader implications of the Yuffie data privacy issue?
-The video expresses a broader concern about smart device data privacy and security, suggesting that if a company like Yuffie is willing to mislead consumers about data handling, it raises questions about the trustworthiness of other smart devices and their manufacturers.
What action does the video suggest consumers take in response to the Yuffie issue?
-The video suggests that consumers should stop using Yuffie cameras and any products from Anchor due to the data privacy concerns. It also advises looking for alternative brands that prioritize local storage and data security.
What is the video's final verdict on promoting products from Yuffie or Anchor?
-The video states that due to the serious data privacy and security issues, it will not promote any products from Yuffie or Anchor on the channel, and it advises viewers to consider the implications of using such products.
Outlines
📹 Concerns with Yuffie Security Cameras
Jeff King expresses his disappointment with Yuffie security cameras, highlighting the industry's shift towards cloud storage and the potential privacy issues it brings. He discusses Yuffie's features like night vision, motion detection, and local storage with military-grade encryption. However, he warns about a critical vulnerability where pressing the reset button on the camera can delete all associated files and remove the camera from the system, raising concerns about privacy and security.
🚫 Yuffie's Privacy Breach and Data Handling
The paragraph delves into Yuffie's privacy policy and its claims of not viewing or sharing user videos, which the speaker alleges to be a lie. Evidence is presented that Yuffie is uploading videos, photos, and facial recognition data to the cloud without encryption, contradicting their privacy promises. The speaker cites a security expert's findings and the reactions from other tech reviewers, emphasizing the severity of Yuffie's breach of trust.
🛑 Urgent Warning Against Using Yuffie and Anchor Products
Jeff King issues a strong warning against using Yuffie security cameras and any products from its parent company, Anchor. He discusses the broader implications of data theft, suggesting that if Yuffie is willing to lie about data security, other Anchor products could be at risk. He mentions his personal affection for some Anchor products but decides to stop promoting them due to the scandal. He advises viewers to stop using these products and expresses his disappointment and concern over the company's actions.
🚫 Final Thoughts on Yuffie and Future Content
In the concluding paragraph, Jeff King declares that he will no longer feature Yuffie, Anchor, or any related brands on his channel due to the security camera scandal. He expresses his regret and emphasizes the importance of trust in product endorsements. He hints at upcoming content focusing on sales and technology, promising to provide more positive and uplifting information in future videos.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Wireless Security Cameras
💡Cloud Storage
💡Local Storage
💡Military Grade Encryption
💡Facial Recognition
💡Data Privacy
💡Hacking
💡APIs
💡Amazon Web Services (AWS)
💡Consumer Reports
💡Forbes
Highlights
Wireless security cameras have become a huge business in recent years with companies like Arlo, Blink, Wise, Real Link, Yuffie, and Nest leading the market.
Nest introduced cloud storage for cameras, leading to a monthly charge service model for companies.
Yuffie, initially known for vacuum cleaners, has now become a frontrunner in the camera market with innovative features.
Yuffie's cameras boast features like solar power, spotlight, 2K night vision, motion detection, and no need for cloud storage.
The Home Base by Yuffie acts as a network-attached storage box with local storage expandable up to 16 terabytes.
Yuffie claims to offer military-grade encryption and privacy for its cameras.
Forbes and Consumer Reports rank Yuffie's security and cameras highly for their security and customer ratings.
A major flaw in Yuffie's cameras allows them to be reset and deleted from the system with the press of a button, losing all associated data.
Yuffie's response to the reset button issue was that it operates as designed, raising concerns about transparency.
Yuffie's privacy policy claims that user video recordings won't be viewed, shared, or used by the company without permission.
Security experts have found evidence that Yuffie is uploading user data, including facial recognition information, to the cloud unencrypted.
Yuffie's use of Amazon Web Services for data storage contradicts their claims of local storage and privacy.
Linus Tech Tips and other tech reviewers have criticized Yuffie for their data handling practices.
Yuffie's parent company, Anchor, which also owns other brands like Nebula, Rove, and Soundcore, is implicated in the data scandal.
The speaker expresses a strong recommendation to stop using Yuffie and Anchor products due to privacy concerns.
The potential for smart cables and other devices to create backdoors in systems is highlighted as a broader privacy issue.
The speaker declares that Yuffie and related brands will no longer be promoted or featured on their channel due to the data scandal.
Transcripts
howdy hello guys and gals Jeff King here
back again in the tools back again here
in Montana we're home and I'm happy to
be here but not happy to be having to do
this video because this this one is
nasty now wireless security cameras have
become a huge business lately uh over
the past like handful of years or so
it's just gotten crazy Arlo And blink
and wise and real link and yuffie and
who and Nest who started off the whole
thing it used to be back in the day
you'd have your camera it's still a
store to a local hard drive and you were
good to go well then came a long nest
and they introduced the cloud and then
everyone was like we have to have a
camera because we need to store the
cloud because why because we can charge
people per month for this thing as a
service and it becomes a money pump for
these companies which fine some of them
great whatever but I want a few handful
of companies stood out yuffie being one
of them now wise also has you know the
local storage kind of thing real link
gives you direct access there's lots of
there's a few I say there's lots there's
a handful of companies that will give
you direct access but yuffie was they
they started with vacuum cleaners but
somehow they got out above in front of
everyone especially with cameras like
this now the issue that we're going to
talk about it is an issue with yuffie
and it does affect on pretty much their
entire system
and yes it is bad okay so and it and it
and I have to say this you don't click
away now because it affects more than
just yuffie or it could possibly affect
more than just goofy and with this
camera I was ready Cyber Monday I was
ready to buy this camera I had it in my
cart it's got if you can see up front
that the white part around the camera
there that's a spotlight it's got a
solar panel built into it it needs two
hours a day and it'll run all night it's
a 2K system night vision motion
detection whole nine yards and you don't
need the cloud what more could you
possibly ask for from the 200 camera
that was on sale I think it was 108 on
Amazon last night but better yet they
even offer this the home base which is
essentially a network attached storage
box you put a hard drive in it and now
you've got tons and tons of locals
expandable up to 16 terabytes of local
storage and it's look at this privacy
with military grade let's see if I can
highlight it here for you with military
grade encryption not sure who's military
they're talking about here but I'll let
you guess there we go military grade
encryption and then also get this it
does face tracking and face recognition
and you can ID it like there's mom
there's Dad that's a stranger and it
will catalog these these faces remember
it's supposed to be keeping these local
doing all this on your network or with
the base station and not sending it up
to the cloud they actually are very
adamant about that in fact how good is
this product or in fact the entire line
well let's look at over at Forbes Forbes
calls this one of their best home
security companies and it has excellent
customer ratings and one of the reasons
that they say it's so good is because of
that security they rank it 4.1 out of 5
Stars Consumer Reports ranks several of
their cameras as best choices this one
being the number five of all cameras
that you can buy and again saying one of
the top reasons Sierra's take care is
that they have very good data security
offerings a high level protection from
your data being hacked or stolen
well
I guess it depends on how you define
hacked and stolen now yes it's true
hackers have there were exploits and
this happens with about every kind of
Technology out there someone's always
finding a back door or a way to to do a
uh uh to trigger a fault on it and they
get past something or whatnot okay it
happens in the companies hopefully fix
it right well yuffies has several
different problems and it seemed like
every time I looked it got worse and
worse and worse
um the the first problem there was lots
of different issues with it with you
know faults being found and then they'd
fix them and stuff great okay and then
we saw this one major flaw they have a
feature on the camera let me see if I
can find you a picture of the camera
here and this is on all their cameras
not just this model that there is a
reset button now every camera that I own
pretty much has some sort of reset
button on it there's built into the base
there's a like there's a little button
you press you hold sets the the camera
fine which means that somebody can walk
up with this I'm using this in the
outside camera and I do use some of
these as outside cameras they're
designed for that and somebody walks up
snags the camera they can reset it and
it would take it off my network it would
kill the camera of course they could
also take a baseball bat and Bash it
that'll do the same thing well with
yuffie it does something a little
different it removes the camera from
your system it doesn't just turn it off
doesn't just disconnect it it deletes it
and it deletes all the files associated
with it immediately meaning someone's
about to steal your car they walk along
they see a camera they go oh they press
they hold the button for eight seconds
and poof they've disappeared forever you
have no data from that camera it's gone
that
is that that right there should stop you
in your tracks okay I've seen a lot of
these ones where hackers can use
software to do blah blah I'm like yeah
but are they really gonna do that have
you heard a case of hackers came in and
they they you know hacked your network
and got in and maybe some guy's Mansion
but not you know Average Joe's house
but somebody walking up grabbing your
your camera and turning it off and
having to delete all the files yeah I
could see people doing that I can see
people looking for houses with ufe
cameras just because they know they
could do that but that said that's not
the worst of it first of all yuffie
responded to the people with that
concern by saying that the uh that that
feature was designing was operating as
designed
well you know in programming language
you know it's it's only a bug until you
document then it's a feature uh that's
an interesting concept but okay moving
on
they talk about privacy a lot and I'm
gonna link to several of these Pages I'm
a link to their privacy page here where
they talk about their military grade
encryption uh and how that you know the
the ISO certification all the other
stuff that they're going to do but they
also talk about like do you does anybody
have access to to my videos you know
um will yuffie view my video recordings
and they say no your video recordings
right here your video recordings will
not be viewed shared or used by yuffie
or any for any other purpose they go on
to say that you own the cloud that you
set up your own local Cloud that they
don't have access to and only in the
instances where you specifically grant
them permission for customer service
issues will they be able to see it and
if you don't Grant it they can't see it
then it's yours and yours alone and it
will never be uploaded to the cloud and
at this point
that statement looks like a flat out lie
um this is on yuffie's own Message Board
this is constantly getting reposted
because it's been taken down yuffie's
denied it they've taken down comments
they're finally saying that it's like a
feature or something it is so what's
going on is yuffie is taking data and
this guy here has proved he's a security
expert he's proved it other people have
verified it and the apis are taking
information they're taking videos
they're taking photos
worse yet they're they're taking the
facial recognition triggers so they not
only can see what's going on they know
who's doing what they have names
associated with them and that's all
getting uploaded back to yuffie but
worse yet it's getting uploaded to the
cloud
non-encrypted
it's absolutely bizarre that they're
doing this so this guy found it on on
Amazon web services which is a if for
those you don't know it's that it's a
business to business feature that the
cloud you often hear talk about are
different companies servers that were
restoring stuff Amazon's a company that
leases out space in their servers for
you to use Google does it a bunch of
other companies do it but AWS Amazon web
services is what yuffie has been using
and they're uploading all your data all
your videos all your photos and your
facial recognition up to their Cloud so
they can do whatever they're gonna do
with it but they're flat out lying about
it I'll put a link to this and he's not
the only one Linus Tech tips jumped in
on this uh they posted a video yesterday
going oh my gosh this is ridiculous uh
and it's not just that it's unencrypted
it's the fact that they're doing it all
right and and that's not the work I
guess yeah that's probably the worst
part uh they're lying about the devices
with the local storage they're lying
about the security in fact the security
and the way it streams to the files
somebody can come up search find find
the network because it creates its own
network to the base station and
transfers the files in the open so you
can open up a VLC player link to that
stream and watch what's on their camera
so I mean the hackings people hacking is
is one thing people watching your
streams unencrypted with just any cell
phone out there with VLC installed on it
or any laptop with it is ridiculous
being able to reset the cameras and
delete the data for you not for you if
you can still see it because they've got
it on their Cloud but you can't see the
data
that that's beyond the the pale but oh
my gosh they're stealing your data and
doing God knows what with it uh it's
just there's just no two ways about it
and yuffie at this point is refusing to
comment although I did hear that they
will be encrypting the API
but that doesn't fix the problem all
that means is that guys like this who
found it won't be able to track it as
easily because they won't see the API in
the open
that's your solution okay we're gonna
fix it by making it harder for you to
call us out on what we're doing that is
this is just you how can you do this you
you can go to the Reddit page for yuffie
and that's all people are talking about
everyone's going nuts about this this is
it at this point this company is dead
there there's there's ABS you cannot
keep using these cameras folks there is
and I love it I mean uh people talked
about well TLC you know televisions they
might be telling you know going back and
telling other companies what's going on
I'm like I don't care if you know what I
watch I'll tell you if you want to know
what I watched but surveying my house uh
getting it taking you know thing files
that I think are secure or and worse yet
facial recognition software and
identification but here's the thing this
company is owned by anchor
and I've talked about anchor before and
I love anchor products I know a lot of
you do too back in the day they started
off as one of these companies that made
just the best USB products back when USB
products were trashed they constantly
broke anchor was one of the first anchor
and Aki they were like the first two
companies to make really like almost
professional grade USB products and it
they were fantastic well Aki as we know
was one of the companies along with Tac
life that was busted for buying customer
reviews on Amazon yes tons of companies
do it they just got busted for it
because they were morons and you know we
stopped promoting their products and uh
and for good reason but oh my gosh at
this point they make Aki look like
Saints because these guys are legit
stealing your data which is terrible
because I absolutely love their products
but you know what if you are worried
about a security camera giving your
information away think about on
something you plug your computer into
that computer has your bank accounts all
the websites you go to all your personal
information those photos you took with
the wife I'm not judging but I'm just
saying somebody now probably has them
because if if yuffie is willing to flat
out lie to people about this do you
think anchor is doing anything different
they're the parent company they're the
ones who are supposed to make sure stuff
like this doesn't happen the companies
don't go Rogue you know and they've
heard about this and they're not doing
anything about it they also own nebula
which are video projectors not really a
big issue Rove which is some
miscellaneous accessories for when you
travel in your car and unfortunately
sound core which if you've been around
the channel you know they're a recent
sponsor they've sent us a they just sent
me their headphones and their earpods I
gave the earpods to my daughter she
loves these things I love them how much
do I love them I just bought another set
for the younger bear mice uh with one of
the cyber monday deals and before I knew
about all of this stuff I might have to
cancel it now I don't know anyway yeah
I'm gonna have to cancel it this I'll
find something else for him I just I
cannot believe that this company would
be that desperate and that bad uh do I
believe that companies are going to do
this especially I you know you have to
admit it you know Chinese companies
accessing data in the United States and
around the world probably yeah you you
know they're going to do it and
logically speaking we are probably doing
the same thing but to do it so badly and
so obviously it's ridiculous
um and as I said you know you goofy I I
brought one of their cameras
last December I was this close to making
the switch from Wise and being like this
is it I finally found my my camera
system I'm happy with we're going this
route
and now
I'm sticking with wise for now I'm gonna
try the real link also I've tried them
before we're going to go back and forth
we'll see how they do
but the the the the the the end result
is this you got to stop using the UV
security cameras I would highly highly
recommend you stop using anything from
uh from OC or from from anchor because
you just don't know how far this goes
and what else uh that they're doing
we've uh I saw something recently about
smart cables where you plug it in and it
could create a back door into your
system uh there's no telling if they're
using that same kind of tech and if
they're willing to steal directly from
their consumers there's no reason they
wouldn't do that as well I don't like
being the the guy out there screaming
the sky is falling the sky is falling
but for this company it clearly has and
uh they're they're dead to us you will
not see them on this channel ever again
and I'm sorry to say oh maybe they fire
the CEO and they fire everyone at that
company they rebuild or something I
don't know but I can't see a situation a
reasonable situation where I would be
willing to promote out this company so
you won't see oofi you won't see Anchor
You Won't See Sound core or any of them
again here on the Dena tools and if you
have any of those products I suggest you
stop using them anyway we'll have more
uplifting information coming to you
hopefully in the not so distant future
we'll be talking about sales and other
Tech and stuff like that coming on
towards the holidays Anyway You all take
care God bless and as always Shine On
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