Up until January, Ring, a smart doorbell creator now owned by Amazon, didn’t revoke users’ access to its app when their account’s password changed. This allowed exes and other people to continue monitoring recorded video even after their permissions should have been removed, The Information reports today. Ring says it adjusted the app in January so that it now eventually revokes app access when a password changes, but that removal can take hours to set in. It isn’t immediate.
Although Ring doorbells are outside the house and not recording what goes on indoors, it still isn’t great for users to retain access to who’s entering and exiting a home at all times. Standard practice should be that once a password is changed, users should lose...
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https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/5/11/17345972/ring-smart-doorbell-password-change-revoke-app-permission-access
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https://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2018/05/rings-smart-doorbell-doesnt-immediately.html
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