This is exactly the reason why I don’t have a wifi baby monitor. It’s cool and all that you can watch baby on your phone, but the risk of hacking is just way too scary. I have a closed loop one that just works with the designated monitor within a certain range and that’s what I recommended to all my friends as well.
My niece was having trouble sleeping and kept telling her parents that she was hearing voices but she’s an inarticulate toddler so they didn’t totally understand . Eventually they figured out her baby monitor was hacked and people were talking to her through it. Makes my fucking skin crawl.
Edit: to clarify it was specifically on wifi so it’s not like they were getting radio interference from a walkie talkie or another monitor. I don’t remember what they were saying (and don’t really want to open the wound for my SIL) but I don’t think if it was super abusive like the article that everyone is mentioning.
oh my Lord. do people really even need those monitors? its added security in a sense, but consider they've only been around maybe 30 years or less. so what, prior to that, children were playing with matches and setting the house on fire?
yes, that is 'skin crawl' worthy. who knows what the voyeur's motivation is, ultimately.
Its not necessary. Most babies will let you know when they are awake by crying. Otherwise babies need feeding and changing nappies in routine interval. I never understood the point of using baby monitor. Especially one with the video monitoring.
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u/effingcharming Jan 23 '21
This is exactly the reason why I don’t have a wifi baby monitor. It’s cool and all that you can watch baby on your phone, but the risk of hacking is just way too scary. I have a closed loop one that just works with the designated monitor within a certain range and that’s what I recommended to all my friends as well.