Got a few questions about security

[orlypalomar]

I’ve been using my Pan for a couple of months now and it has been nothing but perfect. It was so good that I ordered two more Wyze Cam v2 which are on the way.

But beyond the “wow” and the novelty, privacy is a serious thing and I need to ask some security questions:

1. I presume that Wyze Cams use the “P2P” protocol to stream audio/video to a cloud server somewhere. How secure is it? Another way to put it, is Wyze fully managing this cloud service and not outsourced to a 3rd party? (AWS or Azure, not included)
2. Is there a way to have the Wyze app authenticate the mobile device I am using so only this device (or devices already authenticated) can view the streams? I see this in many mobile banking apps.
3. Is there a list of URLs and/or IP addresses I can configure on my firewall to whitelist the sites my Wyze cameras can access? Does it help?

Thanks!

[Loki]

@orlypalomar

I presume that Wyze Cams use the “P2P” protocol to stream audio/video to a cloud server somewhere. How secure is it? Another way to put it, is Wyze fully managing this cloud service and not outsourced to a 3rd party? (AWS or Azure, not included)

https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009314072-Security-Privacy-

@orlypalomar

Is there a way to have the Wyze app authenticate the mobile device I am using so only this device (or devices already authenticated) can view the streams? I see this in many mobile banking apps.

Two Factor Authentication (2FA)

MOD EDIT: As of 4/24/19, 2FA is now in the app! MOD EDIT: This is now in early stage testing! We understand Wyze takes our privacy very seriously and appreciate the detail that has been layed out already on how our camera are setup on the back-end. To further secure this from potentially weak/compromised passwords we need optional 2fa. (Preferably with an app vs. just sms). This additional layer will help keep us all feeling more safe and keep our cameras private and Wyze out of the h…

@orlypalomar

Is there a list of URLs and/or IP addresses I can configure on my firewall to whitelist the sites my Wyze cameras can access? Does it help?

https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/search/click?data=BAh7CjoHaWRsKwhvmtrSUwA6CXR5cGVJIgxhcnRpY2xlBjoGRVQ6CHVybEkiUi9oYy9lbi11cy9hcnRpY2xlcy8zNjAwMTk4MjczMTEtV2hhdC1wb3J0cy1kby1JLW5lZWQtb3Blbi10by11c2UtbXktV3l6ZS1DYW0tBjsHVDoOc2VhcmNoX2lkSSIpODJlM2Q3N2ItMDA1Yy00ZDFjLTk1NDMtMzE2ODA4NzVkYTIzBjsHRjoJcmFua2kH--8167eca330c8e6851c9c8a63c87f12a1a854dfa9

[orlypalomar]

Awesome!

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I’ll go over the links provided.

A Happy New Year to all.