Hacked Monitor

A few nights ago my husband and I were in bed and heard a voice. It sounded like it was coming from the side of the house but we just assumed that it was out front and echoed kinda weird.

Last night, my baby was in a deep sleep and woke up SCREAMING like he was scared by something. My husband and I were both downstairs and we were quiet so it wasn’t us. He’s never done anything like this before (and for what it’s worth, didn’t do it tonight so it’s not like it’s his new thing to do)

Tonight as I was rocking my son the red light came on as if someone was viewing the camera, then turned off within 20 seconds . I turned this setting off months ago because my son would stay awake staring at it. When I looked at the settings, it was turned back on. I went to the App Store to see if maybe it had just done an update and that was the reason — but it had not. I wasn’t viewing the camera or even had the app opened anywhere on my phone and neither did my husband.

Then I started researching and found that WiFi/smart monitors are easily hackable and it’s actually really common. I ended up at Walmart at 8pm tonight getting a simple monitor, not a smart one, so that I could watch my son SAFELY, and turn off our WiFi monitor.

As a FTM (and someone relatively tech savvy) I was looking for the most techy products when I made my registry. I thought that more expensive and more technology meant it was better. Let me tell you — I’ve been wrong about that more than once and found the simpler the product, the EASIER it made my life.

Just a warning to all moms, but especially the new moms who are looking for a monitor… yes it was nice to be able to view my baby right from my phone. But the fear of some creep hacking and watching my baby was not worth the convenience of an app.