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Oct 1, 2024 | 
innovation.consumerreports.org | Stephanie Landry |Stacey Higginbotham |Jacob Rubenstein |Houman Saberi |Yael Grauer
Today, Consumer Reports, Aspen Digital, and Global Cyber Alliance released the third annual Consumer Cyber Readiness report. The report highlights findings from two nationally representative surveys of over 2,000 US adults conducted by CR in April 2024 and May 2024. It also provides key leadership perspectives from government, industry, and civil society.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
innovation.consumerreports.org | Yael Grauer |Stacey Higginbotham |David Della Rocca |Jacob Rubenstein
Consumers are spending thousands of dollars purchasing connected appliances, but in most cases, appliance makers don’t tell them how long their products will stay securely connected to the internet. Which means that those fancy AI features or tablets on the front of the family fridge may stop working before the appliance itself does or become a risk to the security of your home network.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
twit.tv | Jeff Jarvis |Mikah Sargent |Stacey Higginbotham
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Stacey Higginbotham
Roughly 41 percent of U.S. homes have one or more connected devices, whether it’s a video doorbell or a smart thermostat. It’s clear that Americans like the convenience and even savings that can come from buying so-called smart devices, but without a way to determine if these products are designed securely, consumers have no way of knowing if their new connected lights or cameras leave them less secure.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
clickorlando.com | Stacey Higginbotham |Daniel Wroclawski
On a recent Thursday afternoon, a Consumer Reports journalist received an email containing a grainy image of herself waving at a doorbell camera she'd set up at her back door. If the message came from a complete stranger, it would have been alarming. Instead, it was sent by Steve Blair, a CR privacy and security test engineer who had hacked into the doorbell from 2,923 miles away.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
innovation.consumerreports.org | Stacey Higginbotham |Daniella Raposo |Yael Grauer
Today Consumer Reports (CR) published a story about a collection of connected video doorbell products that contain significant security vulnerabilities. These products are still available on major e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, Walmart.com, and Shien. Here, we’re sharing the vulnerability reports describing the potential attack vectors and a little about how this story happened.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
consumerreports.org | Stacey Higginbotham |Daniel Wroclawski
The devices are also sold by Walmart, Sears, and other retailers—and big platforms have faced few consequences for shipping flawed products Published February 29, 2024 Updated April 25, 2024 The Fishbot doorbell camera (shown above) is one of many sold under various brand names that all use the same mobile app, called Aiwit. Their vulnerabilities could make it easy for hackers to spy on you.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
innovation.consumerreports.org | Daniella Raposo |Yael Grauer |Stacey Higginbotham
Last week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a document describing how it plans to help secure consumer internet of things devices through a voluntary cyber labeling program. The proposed rules leave a lot of details to a soon-to-be appointed administrator, but the agency has clearly listened to consumer advocates such as Consumer Reports in crafting the proposed program.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
thehoopsnews.com | Julia Martin |Stacey Higginbotham
Stacey on IoT | Internet of Things news and analysisInternet of ThingsJuly 19, 2023 by I’ve spent two weeks playing around with Roku’s smart home gear (which is Wyze hardware running a software overlay provided by Roku) and I can tell you it’s fine. If you’re the type of person who wants to experience the smart home circa 2013 with the addition of a services plan and an integration to your existing Roku TV, then this is the gear for you.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
theverge.com | Stacey Higginbotham
The smart home is still broken, and surprisingly, interoperability isn’t the issue. The problem is, when it comes to connected devices, consumers are buying hardware that behaves like software. And unlike hardware, which fails in fairly predictable and established ways, software breaks in opaque and surprising ways. It’s hard to classify this disconnect. It can feel like you don’t really own your connected devices or you can’t rely on them.
