Is EZVIZ safe? Privacy, police requests & security record
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Answer: EZVIZ: 1 qualifying incident in our tracker since Oct 2021; police requests: discretionary; privacy policy: says no sale. Highest-scoring device we track: EZVIZ DB2 (22/100).
EZVIZ devices we track
| Device | Score | Offline | Local storage | Home Assistant | RTSP/ONVIF | Subscription | Account |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EZVIZ DB2Doorbell · Battery (5,200 mAh), Wi-Fi | 22 | Unverified | Hub only | Unverified | No | Not needed | Unverified |
Police & law-enforcement requests
Discretionary EZVIZ's US privacy policy: discloses "In response to a legal request (e.g. a search warrant, court order or subpoena) if we have a good-faith belief that the law requires us to do so", and to protect you or others. No warrant requirement stated.1 Compare companies
Privacy policy: selling or sharing data
Says no sale EZVIZ's US privacy policy: "We do not sell any personal information to third parties and we never will."1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2022 | EZVIZ | Bitdefender disclosed EZVIZ camera flaws including CVE-2022-2471, a remote stack buffer overflow in motion detection (NVD CVSS 9.8) that, chained with others, let an attacker control cameras and download images. EZVIZ confirmed fixes in 2022.23 | Serious vulnerability |
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Sources
- EZVIZ (US): Privacy policy · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Bitdefender Labs: Vulnerabilities identified in EZVIZ smart cams (Sep 2022) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- NVD: CVE-2022-2471 (EZVIZ motion-detection stack overflow) · checked Oct 22, 2026