PogoWasRight.org

Menu
  • About
  • Privacy
Menu

Home monitoring system hacked by stranger; LI family doesn’t know how long they’ve been watched

Posted on November 1, 2018June 25, 2025 by Dissent

This is not the first time I’ve posted a news item like the following. At this rate, it won’t be the last. So for those of you who still re-use passwords, use too-simple passwords, failed to set up two-factor authentication, and/or never even changed default passwords when you connected new devices to your home network…..

Narmeen Choudhury reports:

Nest ads will show you beautiful images of mother nature captured on their outdoor cameras, life’s silly moments and even those moments when your child is up to no good.  But for this Long Island mother, the Nest cam she and her husband set up around their home to act as a nanny cam became a full on nightmare.

“My son came running out of the playroom and found me in the kitchen and said ‘it’s not daddy talking to me. It’s not daddy.’”

Read more on PIX11.

h/t Joe Cadillic

No related posts.

Category: BreachesSurveillanceU.S.

Post navigation

← UAE: Health bodies that invade patients’ privacy by posting surgery footage could face Dh1m fine
Technology preview: Sealed sender for Signal →

Search

Contact Me

Email: info[at]pogowasright.org
Security Issue: security[at]pogowasright.org
Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight
Signal: Dissent.73
DMCA Concern: dmca[at]pogowasright.org

Research Report of Note

A report by EPIC.org:

State Attorneys General & Privacy: Enforcement Trends, 2020-2024

Categories

Recent Posts

  • Slovenian officials weaponize data-privacy laws against investigative journalism
  • End-of-Year 2025 State and Federal Developments in Minors’ Privacy
  • Tool allows stealthy tracking of Signal and WhatsApp users through delivery receipts
  • Oh Great, Smart Glasses That Record Everything You Say
  • CBP Agents Held This U.S. Citizen for Hours Until He Agreed To Let Them Search His Electronic Devices
  • U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
  • ANNOUNCEMENT: EFF Launches Age Verification Hub as Resource Against Misguided Laws

RSS Recent Posts at DataBreaches.net

  • ANNOUNCE: A new resource to help small and mid-sized HIPAA-regulated entities
  • Askul says 740,000 sets of data breached in cyberattack
  • Google and Apple roll out emergency security updates after zero-day attacks
  • Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People’s Private Data
  • Virginia Urology Silent on Possible Data Breach as Purported Patient Data Begins to Leak
©2025 PogoWasRight.org. All rights reserved.