China technologi firm Xiaomi says it has fully resolved the security issue that led to Google ‘disabling’ integration across its platforms.
Xiaomi cameras connected to its security cameras were showing feeds from random homes . Now that the Chinese firm says it’s all sorted out, Google integrations are now re-enabled.
I’m sure everything is totally fine.
Reports Ben Schoon [@NexusBen] at 9to5Google:
A Xiaomi spokesperson speaking to 9to5Google has now confirmed that Xiaomi has fully resolved this issue. From today, January 16th, Xiaomi integration with Google Assistant should be fully working once again and “stronger measures” will be taken to prevent this from happening again.
We now confirm that we have fully resolved the root cause of this issue, and Xiaomi’s Google integration service has resumed from 16, January. Users can now use Xiaomi’s Mi security camera services via Nest devices. At Xiaomi, we take user privacy and information security as top priority. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused for affected users. We will take even stronger measures to prevent such incidents in the future.
Previously on Boing Boing:
Google ‘disabling Xiaomi integrations on our devices’ after Nest Hub user picked up random pics from strangers’ feeds
[9to5Google via techmeme.com, ‘shoop by author]