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Wyze wants to keep prying eyes away from your cameras with this new feature

Wyze Wyze is rolling out a new program to make sure only you can see your home security cameras. In an announcement Tuesday about its new VerifiedView program, Wyze explained that it already uses "strong protections like password requirements, two-factor authentication, cloud security, encryption, tools to detect suspicious logins, and much more." Despite those efforts, though, the company has suffered several high-profile breaches that potentially let people look into strangers' homes. Also:

Wyze tell us why its security cameras deserve your trust again

In an effort to restore trust in the security of its cameras, smart home brand Wyze has developed VerifiedView — a new layer of protection that embeds your user ID into the metadata of every photo, video, and livestream. Wyze claims the system matches this data to your account before playback, blocking unauthorized access to your footage. “This is a safety net,” Wyze co-founder and CMO Dave Crosby tells The Verge. “On top of doing everything we can to protect users, we’ve built this double chec

Wyze says its security cameras deserve your trust again

In an effort to restore trust in the security of its cameras, smart home brand Wyze has developed VerifiedView — a new layer of protection that embeds your user ID into the metadata of every photo, video, and livestream. Wyze claims the system matches this data to your account before playback, blocking unauthorized access to your footage. “This is a safety net,” Wyze co-founder and CMO Dave Crosby tells The Verge. “On top of doing everything we can to protect users, we’ve built this double chec