The camera originally used for home monitoring may become a live broadcast tool in the eyes of others. A few days ago, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) issued a warning on the quality and safety risks of smart cameras. Among the 4 batches that have been tested, 32 batches of samples have quality and safety hazards, which caused great concern among netizens. With the increasing popularity of smart devices, what can be done to prevent personal privacy from being watched by others?
Smart camera refers to a kind of products that directly use Wi-Fi networking without computer connection, and are equipped with mobile applications, which can remotely check everything at home anytime and anywhere, make voice calls with family members, and also support video sharing, remote operation, visual angle monitoring, alarm and other functions.
In recent years, the smart camera market has developed rapidly. The cumulative sales volume of smart camera products of 36 Company has exceeded 5 million units, and the sales volume is expected to increase by 3% this year. The reporter searched for "smart camera" on Taobao, with more than 2 brands, including Qiao 'an, Fluorite, Haier and Hikvision. According to the sales inquiry, Joan's 1-yuan home monitoring wireless camera shows "monthly sales of 5368". According to the product introduction, there is no need for complicated wiring and setting, and it is simple to install in three steps: downloading APP, connecting to the Internet and connecting successfully.
Ms. Chen, a white-collar worker in Shanghai, told reporters that many mothers around her have used it, and she bought a "Little Ant" home camera for more than 1 yuan on Taobao. At first, she wanted to see the baby's condition at home at work, but she never thought that her living room would become a live broadcast.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) issued a warning on the quality and safety risks of smart cameras on the 18th: * * * 4 batches of samples were collected from the market for testing, and the results showed that 32 batches of samples had quality and safety hazards. The problem may cause the user's surveillance video to be leaked, or the smart camera to be maliciously controlled.
According to the 216 China Internet Network Security Report released by the National Internet Emergency Center in May, among the 1,117 vulnerabilities of Internet of Things devices publicly collected by the National Information Security Vulnerabilities Sharing Platform in 216, the number of vulnerabilities of webcams, routers and mobile phones ranked in the top three, accounting for 1.1%, 9.4% and 4.7% of the total vulnerabilities respectively.
how to prevent personal privacy disclosure from cameras to various smart devices?
From cameras and intelligent thermostats to smart cars and wearable devices, a series of Internet of Things products are constantly appearing and popularizing in people's lives. According to Gartner's statistics, an average of 5.5 million new devices will be connected to the Internet every day, and it is estimated that the total number of such devices may exceed 2 billion by 22. How to protect consumers' privacy under the surge of device networking figures?
Zheng guangrui suggested that as a consumer, when purchasing equipment, the safest way is to buy products through formal channels, and don't buy "three noes" or fake products just for cheap. Fully understand the functions of the products and services before use, and modify the initial password in time to make it complicated.
"If it is not necessary, the smart camera should try not to connect to the Internet. In addition, when the device manufacturer updates the device firmware, the user should also update the firmware at the first time, which is the same as the system update vulnerability patch. " Liu Yizhen said.
From the perspective of supervision, Tan Jianfeng suggested that regulators should formulate relevant technical standards and requirements for Internet of Things security to facilitate security evaluation and certification. Introduce corresponding safety management measures, and stop production and sales of equipment with obvious safety problems until it reaches safety standards. At the same time, for the national key information infrastructure, we should improve the level of security protection, do all kinds of protection work, and create a good security environment for the Internet of Things.