
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.
¿Qué podría pasar si algo falla?
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.
¿Me puede espiar?
Cámara
Dispositivo: Sí
Aplicación: Sí
Micrófono
Dispositivo: Sí
Aplicación: Sí
Rastrea la ubicación
Dispositivo: Sí
Aplicación: Sí
¿Qué se puede usar para registrarse?
Correo electrónico
Sí
Teléfono
No
Cuenta de terceros
No
¿Qué datos recopila la empresa?
Información personal
Name, email, phone number, address
Información biométrica
Video and voice recordings
Información social
¿Cómo utiliza la empresa estos datos?
¿Cómo puedes controlar el uso de tus datos?
¿Qué historial tiene la compañía en cuanto a la protección de los datos de los usuarios?
In December 2019, Amazon fixed a security flaw that would allow hackers to hijack the Blink camera.
¿El producto se puede usar sin conexión?
¿La información de privacidad es fácil de entender?
A separate privacy policy is provided
Enlaces a información de privacidad
¿El producto cumple nuestros estándares mínimos de seguridad?
Cifrado
Contraseña fuerte
2-step verification is required for all logins.
Actualizaciones de seguridad
Gestiona las vulnerabilidades
For Blink, security researchers can report a vulnerability by emailing [email protected].
Política de privacidad
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