Security News > 2020 > November > Bzzzzzzt! How safe is that keenly priced digital doorbell?
With that in mind, UK consumer magazine Which? recently went online and bought 11 different digital doorbells - a type of IoT device made popular by the Ring product - to see how they stacked up.
For what it's worth, we might not describe all the vulnerabilities that Which? found as "High-risk" ourselves, given that it seems some of them aren't irremediably baked into the affected devices and can be avoided by taking the time to set up the devices correctly, such as picking a proper password.
Budget devices are easy to build so they look similar to devices that have a good reputation.
In short, just because a device looks like a known-good product means very little; and just because a device looks completely different from one you already know to be bad doesn't really help you decide, either.
If you discover that a home device you bought has dangerous flaws and won't be getting updates - and for cheap devices from budget merchants, that often happens - then ask for your money back.