After seeing a news article that “Ring” cameras were being hacked I decided to see if I had my two-factor authentication enabled in my wyze app. Sure enough it was and I decided to log out and log back in to get a text verifying that it was I logging in. I received the text from a phone number wit…

206 is an area code for Seattle Washington which is close to Wyze so that checks out. It’s the same number that I have gotten 2FA texts for Wyze from for quite awhile. +1 (206) 207-6078. Just for giggles I Googled my cell number. Apparently I am a 100% at risk number for phishing. I am also apparen…

Thanks for your help rbruceporter

No worries! It’s always a good idea to double check especially where security is concerned. I read the same story I bet, the lady who had a camera in her kids bedroom that someone was talking to the child on?

Exactly. Right at that moment I looked at my wyzecam and said out loud… Is somebody watching me. lol

Most companies actually contract out the sending of SMS messages to third-party providers. While 2FA via SMS is better than nothing, it really isn’t that secure. Regardless of who sends it. You just have to hope you use the code before someone else does. Using an Authenticator App that generates th…

Yes. I also read an article about SMS messaging with Android phones and found that they aren’t encrypted as the iPhone is end to end. I believe there will be a fix to that in the future.

SMS isn’t encrypted on iPhone either. The protocol doesn’t allow encryption. iMessages are encrypted on the iPhone. They pass through Apple’s iCloud and aren’t part of SMS. The iPhone will show SMS texts in green to let you know they aren’t encrypted. iMessages show in blue.

Google is gradually rolling out their RCS messaging system which like iMessage is end to end encrypted. But until these systems can interoperate there will continue to be issues. Cross platform tools like Signal and Telegram are secure as well but only if both parties use it. I use authentication a…

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WyzeJasonJ December 27, 2019, 2:40am 15

The servers are a bit bogged down from everyone trying to log in. They reset all the login tokens forcing everyone to login again. The errors should clear up in time. More info can be found here

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