Built from public records and checked 2026-10-22. Not an audit of Wyze. How scores are made · spotted a mistake? Tell us.
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IoT & cameras Wyze
Budget smart-home cameras and devices · Score 83/100 · Last checked 2026-10-22
The short version
Use local microSD recording if you want to avoid cloud storage.
Built from: public records, checked 2026-10-22.
Score breakdown
Security record78
Documented incidents and safeguards (public record, not a technical test)Data jurisdiction88
Which laws and governments can reach your dataOwnership transparency72
How plainly the owner can be tracedThird-party exposure92
Documented analytics, advertising and attribution partnersWho owns it
Wyze→Wyze Labs, Inc.
Parent based in: 🇺🇸 United States
Laws that can apply: US CLOUD Act, FISA 702
Where your data can go
| Who | Country | Why they are involved |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | 🇺🇸 United States | Cloud infrastructure (Wyze's February 2024 incident message attributed an outage to AWS problems) |
Jurisdictions touched: 🇺🇸 United States
What the public record says
highFebruary 2024: some users saw thumbnails from other people's cameras
Wyze said a third-party caching library mixed up device and user IDs as cameras reconnected after an outage; 1,504 users tapped the thumbnails. Source
good to knowLocal microSD recording is an official option
Wyze documents continuous or event-only recording to a microSD card; cloud storage is tied to paid plans. Source
Sources
Ownership, locations and data partners come from the company's own pages and filings where they exist. Last checked 2026-10-22.