Latest toy - security cam

[Harry Bloomfield]

I paid £40 many years ago now, for my first PTZ low res, indoor security cam. I have just picked up, for a similar cost, what I thought would be a similar cheap one. I was wrong, it is quite a clever one...

Outdoor IP66, FHD, PTZ, wifi and wired, plus object following. It also includes auto-IR lighting, plus white auto/manual flood lighting. The object following is quite amusing to watch - if it spots any movement, it follows the movement, until it stops, then goes back to it's default view position. The camera is incredibly sensitive, on the IR spectrum.

These cams have come on a very long way, in recent years.

 

[Mottie]

I paid £40 many years ago now, for my first PTZ low res, indoor security cam. I have just picked up, for a similar cost, what I thought would be a similar cheap one. I was wrong, it is quite a clever one...

Outdoor IP66, FHD, PTZ, wifi and wired, plus object following. It also includes auto-IR lighting, plus white auto/manual flood lighting. The object following is quite amusing to watch - if it spots any movement, it follows the movement, until it stops, then goes back to it's default view position. The camera is incredibly sensitive, on the IR spectrum.

These cams have come on a very long way, in recent years.

Got a link to that Harry?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Got a link to that Harry?

Sorry, no - I picked it up new/used on FB and I have not been able to track down the actual model. It's a YooSee (You see??), from China. Includes a Iphone, Android, and PC app.

 

[motorbiking]

Someone Is Taking Over Insecure Cameras and Spying on Device Owners

Many brands of webcams, security cameras, pet and baby monitors, use a woefully insecure cloud-based remote control system that can allow hackers to take over devices by performing Internet scans, modifying the device ID parameter, and using a default password to gain control over the user's...

www.bleepingcomputer.com

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Someone Is Taking Over Insecure Cameras and Spying on Device Owners

Many brands of webcams, security cameras, pet and baby monitors, use a woefully insecure cloud-based remote control system that can allow hackers to take over devices by performing Internet scans, modifying the device ID parameter, and using a default password to gain control over the user's...

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Which says '"In the South Carolina case the most likely scenario is that someone is scanning for valid device IDs with insecure/default passwords and then spies on the owners of the device, possibly based on the information released by Security Research Labs in November 2017," researchers said.'

So the trick is to use a secure password, I use a secure password, but even if they manage to hack in, all they can see is the world going by.