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Some Wyze security camera owners reported Friday that they were unexpectedly able to see webcam feeds that weren\u2019t theirs, meaning that they were unintentionally able to see inside of other people\u2019s houses<\/em>. A Wyze customer support agent confirmed to The Verge<\/em> that this was indeed happening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWent to check on my cameras and they are all gone be replaced with a new one… and this isn\u2019t mine!\u201d wrote one user<\/a>. \u201cApologies if this is your house \/ dog… I don\u2019t want it showing up as much as you don\u2019t want it!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI am able to click the events tab and see ALL the events on this random person\u2019s camera INSIDE their house,\u201d wrote another<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know why, but I can see someone else\u2019s camera,\u201d wrote another<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It appears that people were seeing the other feeds through Wyze\u2019s web viewer at view.wyze.com<\/a>. A Wyze employee told a user on Reddit<\/a> that the page is \u201ccurrently under maintenance\u201d and that \u201cwe are working on this and will update when it\u2019s available again.\u201d Wyze\u2019s status page<\/a> posted a similar message on Friday at 5:44PM ET.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI cannot disclose any further information.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n A Wyze customer support agent confirmed to me that the company has an issue with its online camera portal \u2014 one where people were actually able to see other customers\u2019 camera feeds. \u201cWhile we work to get this resolved, Wyze Web View functionality may be limited or unavailable,\u201d they told me. The agent was not able to provide an estimate for when the issue would be fixed. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe and our team are already working to improve our security and to investigate the root cause of this,\u201d the agent said. When I asked if they could share what those improvements might be, the agent responded: \u201cI cannot disclose any further information.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Wyze\u2019s PR team didn\u2019t immediately reply to an emailed request for comment. While it seems that Wyze is taking steps to fix the issue, you may want to turn off your Wyze cameras until it addresses the problems. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n In March 2022, Wyze revealed that it had been aware of a security vulnerability for three years that could have let bad actors access WyzeCam v1 cameras<\/a>, but quietly discontinued the camera rather than telling customers about it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n