Is eufy (Anker) safe? Privacy, police requests & security record
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Answer: eufy (Anker): 4 qualifying incidents in our tracker since Oct 2021; police requests: legal process; privacy policy: unverified. Highest-scoring device we track: eufy (Anker) Video Doorbell E340 (31/100).
eufy (Anker) devices we track
| Device | Score | Offline | Local storage | Home Assistant | RTSP/ONVIF | Subscription | Account |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eufy (Anker) Video Doorbell E340Doorbell · Battery or wired | 31 | Unverified | Yes | Community only | Unverified | Not needed | Unverified |
| eufy (Anker) SoloCam S340Camera · Battery + solar | 31 | Unverified | Yes | Community only | No | Not needed | Unverified |
Police & law-enforcement requests
Legal process Anker (eufy's owner) confirmed to CNET in 2022, as reported by The Verge, that it would not give authorities footage without a warrant or court order; Consumer Reports says eufy confirmed it also has a policy for sharing without a warrant in potentially life-threatening emergencies.12 Compare companies
Privacy policy: selling or sharing data
Unverified eufy privacy policy not yet reviewed for sale/ad-sharing language.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | eufy (Anker) | eufy's US distributors paid $450,000 to settle a New York Attorney General investigation over unencrypted streams.3 | Regulator action |
| Nov 2022 | eufy (Anker) | Researchers showed eufy uploaded thumbnails to the cloud and that live streams could be viewed in VLC without proper authentication.45 | Undisclosed sharing / retention |
| Jun 2022 | eufy (Anker) | Cisco Talos disclosed another critical (CVSS 9.8) remote-code-execution flaw in eufy HomeBase 2 (CVE-2022-21806) with technical details.6 | Serious vulnerability |
| Oct 2021 | eufy (Anker) | Cisco Talos disclosed critical eufy HomeBase 2 flaws, starting with CVE-2021-21940 (heap overflow in the RTSP video server, CVSS 10.0), with technical details; Talos lists the vendor patch as October 10, 2021.7 | Serious vulnerability |
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Sources
- The Verge: Which camera companies share video without a warrant (Jul 2022) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Consumer Reports: Ring, Google, SimpliSafe could share footage with police · checked Oct 22, 2026
- NY Attorney General: $450,000 eufy settlement (Jan 2025) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- The Verge: Eufy streams viewable in VLC (Nov 2022) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- eufy: Statement to our community (Nov 2022) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Cisco Talos: eufy HomeBase 2 use-after-free (TALOS-2022-1440) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Cisco Talos: eufy HomeBase 2 heap overflow (TALOS-2021-1369) · checked Oct 22, 2026