Amazon's Ring Door Bell Was Transmitting Passwords in the Clear
Earlier this month, PC Magazine ran a story about an BitDefender investigation of Amazon's Ring Doorbells. In sum, BitDefender discovered that they were transmitting user wifi passwords in the clear. BitDefender notified Amazon and they have supposedly fixed the problem. But it is just one more reason to be distrustful of Internet of Things products such as Alexa, Ring, Nest, etc . . .
You can read the full article in PC Magazine here