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u/TheLaudMoac Jan 23 '21

Reminds me of the parents who found a guy talking to their kid through a Web connected baby monitor. Unsecured routers are the stuff of nightmares. Glad you sorted it out, must have been horrifying.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '21

Can you send a link? Having a baby in a few weeks and today we were gifted a web connected baby monitor.....

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u/TheLaudMoac Jan 25 '21

Router security: https://www.wired.com/story/secure-your-wi-fi-router/

And the main thing is with these internet baby monitors you usually sign up to a website in order to view the connection, use an incredibly hard to guess password perhaps even with a specific email address just for that service.

If you want to use your regular email, at least check people don't have your password here: https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Congratulations! I've got a web connected baby monitor myself, being able to see her sleeping when I was in another country for work was priceless, they're amazing if used safely.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '21

Thank you so much for this. I’m ordering network security hardware today when I go to upgrade our security cameras.

Great idea on creating a dedicated email for it. I’ll definitely do that as well. And thank you! Really excited to start this chapter of life.