Is Wyze safe? Privacy, police requests & security record
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Answer: Wyze: 3 qualifying incidents in our tracker since Oct 2021; police requests: legal process; privacy policy: ad sharing disclosed. Highest-scoring device we track: Wyze Video Doorbell v2 (35/100).
Wyze devices we track
| Device | Score | Offline | Local storage | Home Assistant | RTSP/ONVIF | Subscription | Account |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyze Cam v4Camera · Plug-in, Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz) | 35 | Partial | Yes | Community only | No | Partly | Required |
| Wyze Video Doorbell v2Doorbell · Wired | 35 | Partial | Yes | Community only | No | Partly | Unverified |
| Wyze Cam Pan v3Camera · Plug-in, Wi-Fi | 35 | Partial | Yes | Community only | No | Partly | Unverified |
| Wyze Battery Cam ProCamera · Battery (solar optional), Wi-Fi | 29 | Partial | Yes | Unverified | No | Partly | Unverified |
| Wyze Duo Cam DoorbellDoorbell · Battery or wired (10–24 VAC) | 21 | Unverified | Yes | Unverified | No | Partly | Unverified |
Police & law-enforcement requests
Legal process Wyze says government data requests must come with a subpoena, search warrant, court order or judgment (a subpoena is not a warrant). Its privacy policy also allows disclosure for "lawful requests by public authorities".123 Compare companies
Privacy policy: selling or sharing data
Ad sharing disclosed Uses ad partners across the web and apps; says some of this "may constitute 'targeted advertising,' 'sharing,' or 'selling' under certain laws."2
Security incidents, vulnerabilities & regulator actions
What counts is set by our incident inclusion rule; entries before Oct 2021 are listed but not scored.
| Date | Company | What happened | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2024 | Wyze | About 13,000 users were shown thumbnails from other people's cameras after an outage; 1,504 tapped them.45 | Data exposure |
| Sep 2023 | Wyze | Web View caching issue: up to 2,300 users may have seen feeds from 10 users' cameras for about 40 minutes.67 | Data exposure |
| Mar 2022 | Wyze | Bitdefender disclosed an authentication bypass (CVE-2019-9564, CVSS 9.8) and remote code execution flaw in Wyze Cam v1/v2/v3 with a technical write-up; v2/v3 were patched, the discontinued Cam v1 was not.89 | Serious vulnerability |
| Dec 2019 | Wyze | Wyze server leak exposed data on about 2.4 million users.10 | Data exposure (before window, not scored) |
Informational only, not legal advice. Found an error? Tell us.
Sources
- Wyze: Your data request contents explained · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Wyze Privacy Policy · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Consumer Reports: Ring, Google, SimpliSafe could share footage with police · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Wyze forum: Update on 2/16/24 security issue · checked Oct 22, 2026
- The Verge: 13,000 Wyze customers saw into other homes (Feb 2024) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Wyze forum: Web View service advisory (Sep 8, 2023) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- The Verge: Wyze Web View issue showed other users' feeds (Sep 2023) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Bitdefender: Vulnerabilities identified in Wyze Cam (Mar 2022) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Wyze: Response to 3/29/22 security report · checked Oct 22, 2026
- The Verge: Wyze server leak exposed 2.4M users' data (Dec 2019) · checked Oct 22, 2026