# Stolen camera

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**Created:** [December 28, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/stolen-camera/12681 "2018-12-28T20:39:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![OverWatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OverWatch](https://forums.wyze.com/u/OverWatch)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/stolen-camera/12681/16 "2019-01-03T14:40:17Z")

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I took a stab at some options:

> [@Stolen WyzeCam delivery - can Wyze identify the cameras?](https://forums.wyze.com/t/stolen-wyzecam-delivery-can-wyze-identify-the-cameras/13588/7):
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> The legal issues involved in that make it unlikely Wyze would want to step into disabling cameras. However, once assigned to a users account, I could see some restrictions put in place to prevent the same MAC from being assigned to two accounts. This would be different from “Shared.” It should have to be deleted from one account, by the original owner, before being added to another account. Cloud videos should also be limited to unique account/MAC records.

Also, there could be an option “Format on power up” that could be triggered by the owner of the MAC address, should the MAC address attempt to go through the setup routine. Otherwise, the camera will not connect to the stored wifi and wouldn’t receive the command.

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