Insta 3 shity one x2: Difference between revisions
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If you are planing to purchase one of these cameras for $600 CAD plus tax for your inline skating activities, you may be interested in making a well informed consumer decision.. '''before you buy it and cannot return it'''. | |||
Insta360 one x2 cameras have been making quite the buzz around the [[inline skating]] community, but what not one talks or looks into it is their downsides found''(at the time of this writing)''. | |||
== App == | == App == | ||
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* 10% gather info and spy on you | * 10% gather info and spy on you | ||
* 5% is user features | * 5% is user features | ||
Overall, in comparison with the hardware, the mobile app is, in all honesty... garbage . | |||
== Supported platforms == | |||
* Windows, MAC and android [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux] | |||
* Linux desktop is NOT supported. ''(the manufacturer does not like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux] most linux platforms)'' | |||
* Unix NOT supported | |||
== Voice control == | |||
Voice control is sensitive to accent and tone. The camera needs you to speak the way the camera wants. Does not learn from you. You cannot program it to your voice. If your tone changes (cold, sinus, health, etc), you will be talking to a brick. | |||
== Bluetooth and Wifi == | |||
Bluetooth and Wifi cannot be turned off to save battery consumption. They are always on which also broadcasts their signal to remote attackers that will will exploit the known vulnerabilities stated bellow as well as new ones. Wireless technology does have and will keep have vulnerabilities. | |||
== Privacy == | == Privacy == | ||
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It would be trivial for a hacker to do a drive-by attack on these camera, injecting malware into the SDcard which would later be read by your work/home computer... | It would be trivial for a hacker to do a drive-by attack on these camera, injecting malware into the SDcard which would later be read by your work/home computer... | ||
in fact, I'm pretty sure this could be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm wormable], using one camera to attack another in a cascading effect. | in fact, I'm pretty sure this could be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm wormable], using one camera to attack another in a cascading effect. | ||
=== Telnet access === | |||
The camera has a non-encrypted telnet server (which even Windows and macOS have removed) that lets one log in as the root user. | |||
=== Vulnerabilities discussion === | === Vulnerabilities discussion === | ||