WYZE should be ILLEGAL in AMERICA!

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Concern? As in it matters it we are concerned? Does it matter if we don’t like it? Jumping to the end, of course they are spying on us. But I believe not nearly as much spying as our government. Post WWII Germany started spying and following their own citizens. Isn’t that what our country is doing to us now? So, Germany was just 70 years ahead of their time. Why would the USPS have a department/team dedicated to tracking, ā€œfollowingā€ American citizens on social media? Why would USPS need info like that? Google it. Why would something as off the LEO path as USPS be tracking citizens? If they are, can we imagine the depth that the rest of your government is?

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I would guess that’s for me. Well, you would be paranoid too, if everyone was out to getcha.

(lol)

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I use Wireshark, a packet sniffer.

Typical Wyze Hostnames Observed:

From real captures and Wyze’s documented behavior, you may see connections to:

  • a16.iotcplatform.com
  • wyzecam.com
  • api.wyzecam.com
  • turn.*.throughtek.com (for NAT traversal / P2P)
  • ts.wyze.com (time sync)
  • AWS cloud endpoints (e.g., ec2-xx-xxx-xx-xxx.compute.amazonaws.com)

Some names resolve only temporarily during the session, so keeping Wireshark running during full activity (e.g., camera boot or stream view) increases the chance of capturing them.

No China.

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I have no cameras inside my home. If the Chinese get their rocks off looking at the field out behind my home, or watching the front of the house, go for it.

The Chinese have no interest in landscape or people-moving. They want personal information about the owners and possible IoT DDOS net bots. Wyze does not operate this way, but they want to track signals as they travel to/ from China for potential attack surfaces. Our movies, TV shows, and news outlets, as well as social media, serve as public snoopers. Thanks.

My little brother displayed even more paranoia than I have when he learned Amazon was sharing Blink and Ring video with police when they asked for it without requiring a warrant. He took down his Blink, Ring and Echoes. I told him he didn’t have to do all that, simply stop having sex with his new wife on the front porch.

I am here to self-report my doubting of Freedom and Democracy.

Picture this… It’s July 4th, I’m on my front porch adoring my flag for the required 2 hours every morning (I do it for 3 hours just to be sure), and I actually ā€˜doubted’ that my flag did NOT want to be waving! Can you believe that??

Well, I immediately knew my Patriotism was lacking and reported myself to the ā€œPatriot Hotlineā€, whose motto is ā€œGet Em’!ā€, They informed me I will be whisked away to the nearest Neo-Patrio-Con-Deter-ment Facility for re-Patriation.

I look forward to my re-alignment. I apologize to all for believing that our beloved Flag would NOT want to be waving. Shame on me.

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  • Amazon has disabled the Request for Assistance feature.
  • Law enforcement must now use a warrant, subpoena, or court order to obtain footage from Amazon.
  • However, police can still contact Ring users directly and ask for footage — and users can decline.

NOTHING electronically transmitted or stored is ever truly private. Deal with it.
That said, the lag from cam to screen is so brief it can’t be traveling far. And if you have a cam in your garage next to your Vette pointing at classified documents, well then, that’s on you, President Autopen.