Xiaomi Mijia camera owner found other people’s private photos on his Google Nest Hub

Google earlier today removed the ability for Xiaomi cameras to connect with Google's Nest Hub after a Xiaomi Mijia owner noticed that he was receiving still images on his Hub display from other users. Even more harrowing is that some of the images on his display were of people sleeping. One image even showed a random baby sleeping in its crib.

"We’re aware of the issue and are in contact with Xiaomi to work on a fix," Google said in a statement. "In the meantime, we’re disabling Xiaomi integrations on our devices."

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