Privacy concerns have been raised over the security of Chinese firm Foscam's surveillance cameras and home automation equipment after users of the company's support forum discovered that such devices are constantly communicating with hosts across the globe. The forum, which has since been taken down, was set up by a user named "Xiaomi" who said he had bought one camera from an online retailer in China for his home.
Privacy concerns have been raised over the security of Chinese firm Foscam's surveillance cameras and home automation equipment after users of the company's support forum discovered that such devices are constantly communicating with hosts across the globe. Despite having a function to disable P2P communication, Foscam has admitted that this won't actually prevent the device from searching for other hosts; this connection is technically supported by Throughnet communications firm, known for its associations with domain names listed on firewall logs.