
Amazon's other line of video doorbells, they also own Ring, is the more affordable Blink video doorbell. This camera-on-your-front-porch offers all the usual: HD video, two-way audio, motion detection and night vision. The Blink video doorbell also has local storage (yay!) as well as the option for a subscription cloud storage service. It's Amazon, so of course these work with Alexa. You can keep an eye on everything with the Blink Home Monitor app on your phone. As they say on their website, "Blink and you're home," which, honestly, I have no idea what that means.
Was könnte passieren, wenn etwas schiefgeht?
Blink was acquired by Amazon in December, 2017. Amazon's other security camera maker, Ring, has had a plethora of privacy and security issues they've had to deal with over the past couple years. Blink is not Ring. Blink video doorbells don't easily work on the Ring Neighbors app that has raised concerns for us around public safety and racism. You can manually upload a Blink video to the Neighbors app, but you can do that with any video. And these Blink cameras have a local storage option that means you aren’t required to store your video in the Cloud to access it, which is a much better privacy option.
Blink cameras have had a few reported security vulnerabilities, often found by security researchers and fixed quickly with firmware updates, which is how it should be (and a good reminder to keep your device’s firmware up-to-date!). It’s still concerning when security vulnerabilities like the ones found in Blink could allow bad guys to hijack your camera. This is always a concern with any security camera though.
Blink says they “are not in the business of selling our customers’ personal information to others,” which is good. However, they are an Amazon company, so expect that Amazon will try and sell you lots of stuff based on the personal information Blink does collect on you. All in all, the Blink video doorbell doesn't worry us too much as far as video doorbells go. Still, they’re cameras outside your house, so it's remember to not point them directly at your neighbor's bedroom. We all deserve privacy in our growing surveillance world.
Kann es mich ausspionieren?
Kamera
Gerät: Ja
App: Ja
Mikrofon
Gerät: Ja
App: Ja
Verfolgt den Standort
Gerät: Ja
App: Ja
Was kann zur Registrierung verwendet werden?
E-Mail-Adresse
Ja
Telefonnummer
Nein
Drittanbieter-Konto
Nein
Welche Daten sammelt das Unternehmen?
Persönliche
Name, email, phone number, address
Körperbezogen
Video and voice recordings
Soziale
Wie nutzt das Unternehmen die Daten?
Wie können Sie Ihre Daten kontrollieren?
Wie ist das Unternehmen in der Vergangenheit mit den Daten über seine Verbraucher umgegangen?
In December 2019, Amazon fixed a security flaw that would allow hackers to hijack the Blink camera.
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Benutzerfreundliche Informationen zum Datenschutz?
A separate privacy policy is provided
Links zu Datenschutzinformationen
Erfüllt dieses Produkt unsere Mindestsicherheitsstandards?
Verschlüsselung
Sicheres Passwort
2-step verification is required for all logins.
Sicherheits-Updates
Umgang mit Schwachstellen
For Blink, security researchers can report a vulnerability by emailing [email protected].
Datenschutzrichtlinie
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