Snooping Flume Water Monitor Data On The Wire
A hacker discovered that Flume water monitors transmit data without encryption, allowing anyone on the same network to intercept and read household water usage information.
A Flume water monitor’s data can be snooped on the wire. The smart device, which reports household water usage to Flume’s servers and the local utility, was examined by [Stephen]. He found the data transmission vulnerable to interception, raising privacy concerns for users relying on the monitor for leak detection and conservation tracking.