{"id":51071,"date":"2023-03-18T00:50:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T00:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/eufy-security-cams-ignore-cloud-opt-out-store-unique-ids-of-anyone-who-walks-by\/"},"modified":"2023-03-18T00:50:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T00:50:49","slug":"eufy-security-cams-ignore-cloud-opt-out-store-unique-ids-of-anyone-who-walks-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/eufy-security-cams-ignore-cloud-opt-out-store-unique-ids-of-anyone-who-walks-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Eufy security cams ‘ignore cloud opt-out, store unique IDs’ of anyone who walks by"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lawsuit filed against eufy security cam maker Anker Tech claims the biz assigns “unique identifiers” to the faces of any person who walks in front of its devices \u2013 and then stores that data in the cloud, “essentially logging the locations of unsuspecting individuals” when they stroll past.<\/p>\n

The complaint, a would-be class action filed in a Florida court in January, was this week transferred to the Northern District of Illinois, docket records viewed by The Register<\/em> showed.<\/p>\n

It’s one of three lawsuits filed after infoseccer Paul Moore and a “hacker who goes by Wasabi” both publicly alleged that Anker was not storing and securing people’s information the way it said it would. All three suits allege Anker falsely represented that its security cameras stored all data locally and did not upload that data to the cloud.<\/p>\n