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Motorola Baby Monitor MBP36XL

Notable issues
Motorola · 🇨🇳 China · WiFi
PolicyApp PermissionsNetwork TrafficFirmwareRegulatory
Technical details
App: Hubble Connected
Manufacturer: Motorola (Hubble Connected)

The bottom line

The "Motorola" baby monitor is not made by Motorola. It is made by Hubble Connected, a company licensing the brand name. Parents trust the Motorola name. The actual company watching their baby is one they have never heard of. When the cloud subscription lapses, basic features stop working. Your baby monitor has a monthly fee.

Legal jurisdiction
🇨🇳 China (headquarters)
National Intelligence Law read more →
Company must secretly hand data to Chinese intelligence on request
Data Security Law read more →
State can classify any data as 'important' and demand access for national security
🇺🇸 United States (data storage)
CLOUD Act read more →
US govt can demand your data from this company even if stored overseas
FISA §702 / PRISM read more →
NSA collects stored emails, photos, messages without individual warrants
Geofence warrants read more →
Police can demand location data for everyone near a crime scene
Spying
0/4 N/A
Is someone spying on me?
Data Sharing
0/4 N/A
Who gets my data?
Security
2/4 MODERATE
Is it actually secure?
Kids at risk
Honesty
0/4 N/A
Can I trust what they say?
ACCEPTABLE Moderate concerns. Standard privacy hygiene applies.
1Contradictions
0Critical
1High
0Medium
3Sources
Findings by concern
Security 2/4 MODERATE 1 finding
⚡ highmarketing vs third party research
The "Motorola" baby monitor is not made by Motorola. It is made by Hubble Connected, a company licensing the brand name. Parents trust the Motorola name. The actual company watching their baby is one they have never heard of. When the cloud subscription lapses, basic features stop working. Your baby monitor has a monthly fee.

What they claim: Motorola baby monitors promoted as secure monitoring for parents

What we found: Motorola-branded baby monitors are manufactured and operated by Hubble Connected, a third-party company licensing the Motorola name. Parents buying the "Motorola" brand trust is misplaced — it's a white-label operation. Hubble Connected's app has received criticism for requiring cloud subscriptions for basic features like video playback and alerts. Security researchers have found vulnerabilities in Hubble Connected cameras allowing unauthorized video access.

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