A few days after an Illinois family told local news outlets about getting a scare after they heard racial slurs and curse words taunting them through their Nest security camera, Google has sent out an arguably vague email to Nest camera owners that alludes to incidents like that one without mentioning any details.
And the company also recommends steps that users can take to better protect themselves, one of which is Google trying to diplomatically tell users that the passwords they regularly choose are so bad that it makes their devices tempting targets for hackers — so, you know, reset your password to something better, post haste.
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Google tells Nest camera owners to reset their terrible, weak passwords originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 6 Feb 2019 at 19:06:21 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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