TNW 392: 40,000 Reasons To Check Your Camera Security - Baby Monitors, Hospital Rooms, and Your Privacy at Risk

Tech News Weekly (Audio)

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🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Tech News Weekly Episode 392 Show Notes
This week on Tech News Weekly, Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy talk cybersecurity vulnerabilities with over 40,000 exposed internet cameras, Wyze's new security features following past breaches, a study on youth mental health and addictive tech use, and the launch of Trump Mobile's new phone and cellular plan.
• 40,000 Exposed Internet Cameras: A cybersecurity investigation by BitSight reveals that over 40,000 internet-connected cameras are accessible to anyone with a browser and IP address, many of which use default passwords or lack basic security features.
• Wyze Introduces "Verified View" Security Feature: Following previous incidents where users could see other people's camera streams due to cloud failures, Wyze launched a new security feature that stamps user metadata onto footage for an additional layer of verification to access photos and videos.
• Study Challenges Screen Time Assumptions for Youth Mental Health: A major JAMA study tracking over 4,000 kids from ages 10-14 found no direct link between screen time duration and suicidal behavior, but instead identified addictive usage patterns as the real culprit.
• The Launch of Trump Mobile: The new "47 Plan" offers 20GB of data for $47.45/month, along with a $499 phone claimed to be "made in America," though tech experts question both the value proposition and manufacturing claims.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

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0:00.0	Coming up on Tech News Weekly, Jennifer Patterson Tooey of The Verge is here.
0:03.4	We talk about how a bunch of cameras are exposed to the Internet and how Wise is updating its security practices.
0:10.8	Afterward, we talk about addictive tech use and its impact on mental health and round things out with a story about that Trump mobile phone.
0:22.0	All of that coming up on Tech News Weekly.
0:27.0	Podcasts you love.
0:28.8	From people you trust.
0:31.3	This is Twitter.
0:35.1	This is Tech News Weekly, episode 392 with Jennifer Patter Patterson-Tooey, and me, Micah Sargent, recorded Thursday, June 19th, 2025.
0:45.7	40,000 reasons to check your camera security.
0:50.4	Hello, and welcome to Tech News Weekly, the show wherever week we talk to and about the people
0:55.4	making and breaking that tech news. I am one of your hosts this week. My name is Micah Sargent
1:01.5	and today joining us for this episode of Tech News Weekly is Jennifer Patterson, Tewy, of The Verge.
1:09.3	Welcome back, Jen. Hello, hello, happy to be back. It feels like
1:13.8	it's been a while. It was because you were on vacation. Exactly, yes. And that was what happened
1:19.0	the last time. It was nice. It was good to take some time and get some R&R, but I am happy to be back.
1:26.8	And yeah, it does feel like it's been forever.
1:29.3	So thank you for being here in my place at the time and now being here. Again, we've got a lot to
1:39.3	get to this week. It's a story of the week packed show. And I am really looking forward to talking to you about, especially our first two topics,
1:50.0	because they fall into the interests and in some cases passions that we both enjoy.
1:58.9	So a sweeping investigation by cybersecurity firm BitSight reported by
2:04.2	404 Media reveals that more than 40,000 internet connected cameras from office security systems
2:11.5	to baby monitors and even hospital patient rooms are accessible to anyone with a browser and the right IP address.
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