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A wi-fi video baby monitor, also known as smart video baby monitor, comes with a camera and a corresponding app, allowing you to remotely check in on your baby using your smartphone, tablet and in some cases, your computer.
Smart baby monitors are a useful bit of kit to own as you can look at your little one wherever you are, as long as you have a good wi-fi connection.
However, if the manufacturer hasn't built proper security features in the baby monitor, it could also get hacked and pose a risk your privacy and security.
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Any product that is connected to the internet without proper security could in theory be hacked by someone with malicious intent, including a baby monitor.
The likelihood of it happening is thankfully still relatively low, but there are disturbing stories of baby monitors being hacked by strangers who are then able to project their voice through the monitor's speaker.
Additionally, footage from hacked baby monitors has ended up on rogue websites, enabling strangers to watch it.
We assess every baby monitor that we test for how they protect your privacy and security. See the best smart baby monitor based on our tests in the below table.
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Full Access first month £5, then £10.99 per month, cancel at any time
Pricing, recommendations and test scores correct at May 2023.
Hackers tend to crawl the web to find unsecured cameras, and then exploit them. They may do this for criminal gain, or just for kicks, either way you can protect yourself from this activity.
If you've got a baby monitor that can be used over the internet or one that updates data to the Cloud or any third-party site, here's how to keep it as secure as possible:
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You’ll find plenty of wi-fi enabled cameras at temptingly-cheap prices on online marketplaces that claim they are suitable to use to monitor your baby.
However, our testing has not only exposed security issues with wireless cameras, but also that they are more suited to detecting intruders than monitoring your baby’s sleep.
Don't be tempted to use a wireless security camera as a baby monitor. With Best Buy baby monitors available for as little as £25, there really is no need to do so.
Our privacy investigation was a quick snapshot of the vulnerabilities of some popular models, but with more wi-fi baby monitors available to buy now – and many parents potentially unaware of the security issues they could be faced with – we think testing the privacy of wi-fi baby monitors is essential.
For any wi-fi monitor we'll assess how secure they are and check for any vulnerabilities you may need to know about, such as unsecured data or weak password requirements and if any data could be intercepted.
So you can have peace of mind that you're choosing a safe wi-fi baby monitor to help keep an eye on your baby.
Find out more about how we test baby monitors.