Two Factor Authentication Requirement

[WyzeDave]

@carverofchoice

I am actually surprised Wyze didn’t enforce this a long time ago like lots of (if not MOST) other major companies do…and few people avoid the other major companies from forced 2FA…too many people reuse the same passwords, and then suddenly people start using those leaked credentials from other sites to log into their Wyze account and then the person starts spazzing out on social media that their “Wyze account was HaCkeD!!!” and Wyze gets bad publicity and it costs them a lot of money in people’s paranoia, when the issue was never even Wyze’s fault…there were 2 really high publicity “HaCkEd!!!” reports just within the last week that people were freaking out over (mostly on Facebook)…so it’s not too surprising that Wyze is sick of being blamed for things that are usually just bad password management and the user’s fault (leaked reused passwords, keyloggers, or a bad actor they associate with who has access to their devices or network).

This is a pretty good summary of why we are doing this…too many reports lately of login credentials stolen then getting very upset at Wyze and/or going to the media to blame us for it. Too many people have cameras inside homes, we just feel more security is needed.

We will review all your feedback here and make sure we implement as carefully and thoughtfully as possible. Already seeing this feedback makes me think we will likely make it on by default but optional to turn it off for those who don’t want it. Let us know your thoughts.

Also, to clarify, this is only when you login, not every time you open the app.