Many Popular Dash Cams Aren’t Having Any Consideration for Data Privacy and Security

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Many Popular Dash Cams Aren’t Having Any Consideration for Data Privacy and Security
July 31, 2021
https://www.technadu.com/many-popul...g-consideration-data-privacy-security/292701/

Several widely used dash cams carry important security and data privacy flaws or weaknesses.

While some are worst than others, almost all vendors were found to be susceptible to at least one kind of hacker attack.

Garmin was the only manufacturer who responded to the reports and promised to fix the discovered issues.

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However, as UK’s consumer protection organization ‘Which?’ warns, dash cam manufacturers aren’t exactly doing their best when it comes to data privacy and security. The Which? team tested popular and widely used models in the market, and here’s what it found.

Products from Garmin, Halfords, Kitvision, MiVue, Road Angel, Transcend, and Viofo are generally using weak default passwords to enable the owner to connect them with the pairing smartphone app. T
On the other hand, Nextbase and BlackVue used strong passwords that are difficult to crack, while the former set up a new password with every connection.
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The second issue found by Which? is the encryption used by the dash cams, which was below par for the most part.

Thirdly, there’s the matter of server protection, which as Which? found out, shouldn’t be taken for granted. In the case of Viofo, the investigators discovered that it was possible to access their online database due to a misconfiguration.
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Garmin has identified the security liabilities and promised to patch the issues in the upcoming update. As such, if you’re using a Garmin dash cam, make sure to apply any updates that will arrive in the following weeks. Halfords, on the other hand, dismissed the Which? reports as non-important and stated that it meets the standards required by law both on the dash cam and the accompanying app.
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