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Brad

Use a strong and unique password for your Ring account, and enable two-factor-authentication using your cell phone text mesaging to receive a security code.

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14-12-2019 02:33:40

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Dathome

Yes I understand that, and I've done that, but that secures my account, not my device. The device must have a default password, that's what I'm wondering about.

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14-12-2019 02:42:40

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Eagle328

There is no default passwords. The devices are tied to your account when you set it up. There are posts on here having issues when they buy 2nd hand devices. They devices are locked to the account and have to be released from the owner. So, no one can just get control unless you use an already stole

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14-12-2019 05:24:08

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Dathome

Ok I understand now, thank you hey much for the answer, I’m new to these devices so I wanted to be sure I have it locked down as much as possible.

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14-12-2019 13:39:50

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Eagle328

No problem. You need to treat everything as a possible threat. If you take care of your security, you'll have no problems. The default device that many don't change is routers. They leave it set to admin with a default password. This is one of the worst things to do since your entire router is open

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14-12-2019 13:49:58

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jay_515
So I noticed some strange live view events on my cameras so I called and Ring Support told me that I had indeed been hacked. They wouldn't give me any details and told me that they would escalate and call me back in 3 days. That was about 3 weeks ago. And I had two factor authentication set up. One of my ring cameras was refurbished. Not sure if that has anything to do with it. All good, they will all be up for sale soon, I'm moving to a different system.
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