If youre using one of Amazons Ring doorbell devices, you should change your home wifi web link password immediately.According to Techcrunch, Ring doorbell devices were sharing wifi passwords as cleartextunencrypted text data, essentiallywith users smartphones during setup.
This leaves home networks and any devices connected to them vulnerable to exploitation by hackers or really anyone nearby who knows how to collect such data.
Amazon quietly patched the issue weeks ago but is only just now notifying its users and the general public, so theres at least the possibility that your wifi password was compromised.
Ring users should change their home wifi passwords to prevent any unwanted connection use or access to your devices and the personal data stored on them.
The specific procedure for doing so depends on your router model and internet provider, but finding instructions online should be easy.
Changing your password is only the beginning, though; I also suggest taking some time to reflect on whether Amazons smart home products are worth the security concerns.
It seems like every few months were hearing about how the companyssmart speakers,home security products, or even just Alexa itself may be mishandlingeven leakingyour private information.
Thats not to say Amazon is the only company that deserves such scrutiny, but it seems that their products are implicated more oftenthan, say, similar devices from Google, and certainlymore so than Apples.
These Amazon-owned products routinelyundermine the trustof their users, and there are important considerations to make if you want tokeep your data safewhile your house is decked out with Ring doorbells, security cameras, Fire TVs, and/or Alexa-powered speakers.
