Wyze adds a major security update to safety cameras after many security lapses

Wyze, the Seattle -based technology company, specializes in smart home products and wireless cameras, He hopes to rebuild some lost confidence. The company has been afflicted with many security failures during the past few years, When AWS interruption led to thousands of users to reach the registered videos from the homes of others. That incident, associated with the history of the company To the faults of security, even LED New York Times to Wyze products for more than a year.

Now, in Announc From the safety that the company calls VerifiedView. The added layer of safety works by including a unique user identifier in the WYZe fixed camera at the preparation. The camera, in turn, seals that knowledge on each image, video and broadcast. Before any device can access these shots, the Wyze program will realize that the built -in identifier corresponds to the device for the user before it is allowed to see the shots or images.

Wise insists that this new layer simply builds on a really strong security structure, which is what “Barbed wire fence, broken traps, security guards, acid sharks, laser scanners, and artificial intelligence robots dogs.” Although he was not mentioned in the press statement, the advertising video showed that VerifiedView may never reach an older style like Wyze Cam Pan V1 and V2 due to devices restrictions.

Wyze says it pushes this update to its most popular models since the beginning of April, and that users of these models only need to update fixed and app to receive the update. What are the models that are still not completely clear, as Wyze also mentioned that some other models will receive updates in the coming weeks and months, but again the models they were referring to were not specified.

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