Nest issues cryptic warning — spoiler alert, it’s about strangers peeking your cameras
Today, Google is doing something it should have done weeks or months ago — it’s emailing owners of its Nest security cameras that they should really, really pick a better password, enable two-factor authentication (2FA), and be vigilant if they don’t want strangers to hijack those cameras and peek into their homes over the internet.
Because that’s a thing that has actually been happening in some instances, including a fake nuclear bomb threat that really freaked one family out.
Thing is, Google’s email doesn’t actually say why people should be vigilant right now. It doesn’t mention the camera scares at all.
“We’ve heard from people experiencing issues with their Nest devices,” reads a painfully generic line in the email.
