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Does anyone have recommendations for IP cameras that (in theory) are relatively secure?

kawsper 10y ago
I bought a Ubiquiti Micro[0] camera, and sat up a local server that runs their NVR software, that saves the recordings and controls the cameras. It was important to me not to get a cloud enabled camera. Sadly they are out of stock most places, but a new version have been rumoured. [0] https://www.ubnt.com/unifi-video/unifi-video-camera-micro/ https://www.ubnt.com/unifi-video/unifi-video-camera-micro/
- Johnny555 10y ago
  I can second the Unifi cameras if you don't mind setting up a server to monitor them. I'm using their outdoor cameras to watch my front/back doors at home, and I have about a dozen of the dome cameras at work. The NVR software has been working flawlessly in both places. I was less impressed with the image quality of the Micro camera, it's adequate, but the Nest cam is better.
zaroth 10y ago
I think your only chance is buying a USB camera and connecting it to your own local storage. "IP Camera" almost certainly means insecure camera.
starky 10y ago
Pretty much all the larger non-Chinese companies sell pretty secure cameras. The safest way to use IP cameras is to isolate them so they aren't connected to the internet. IPVM also keeps a public up to date list on known vulnerabilities[1] [1] https://ipvm.com/reports/security-exploits#post_111311 https://ipvm.com/reports/security-exploits#post_111311
angry_octet 10y ago
Re-purpose one of your older unused android phones. WardenCam is pretty good, can upload snapshots to google drive etc (create a google account specific to the phone(s) so you are not leaving a phone logged into you main account sitting around).
chrsstrm 10y ago
I've had success with MotionEyeOS [0] on a Raspberry Pi. It used to be that a Pi ($35) plus the camera module ($25) meant ~$60 per cam but now that the Zero W [1] is out you can do Pi ($10) plus camera module ($25) plus the nifty official case that nicely accommodates a camera ($5) for ~$40. MotionEye let's you store images or video locally on the Pi or has multiple cloud destinations available (Drive, Dropbox, your own custom FTP node). An email notification + dropping the files into Google Drive is stupid simple to set up. Plus you can configure just about everything from motion sensitivity to frame rate, etc. Most difficult setup is live stream which means you would need to VPN into your home network; certainly not impossible but still not turnkey simple. If there is a better open source solution for the Pi, I'd love to hear about it. [0] https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos [1] http://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero-wireless.html http://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero-wireless.html

I bought a Ubiquiti Micro[0] camera, and sat up a local server that runs their NVR software, that saves the recordings and controls the cameras. It was important to me not to get a cloud enabled camera. Sadly they are out of stock most places, but a new version have been rumoured. [0] https://www.ubnt.com/unifi-video/unifi-video-camera-micro/ https://www.ubnt.com/unifi-video/unifi-video-camera-micro/

Johnny555 10y ago
I can second the Unifi cameras if you don't mind setting up a server to monitor them. I'm using their outdoor cameras to watch my front/back doors at home, and I have about a dozen of the dome cameras at work. The NVR software has been working flawlessly in both places. I was less impressed with the image quality of the Micro camera, it's adequate, but the Nest cam is better.

zaroth 10y ago

I think your only chance is buying a USB camera and connecting it to your own local storage. "IP Camera" almost certainly means insecure camera.

starky 10y ago

Pretty much all the larger non-Chinese companies sell pretty secure cameras. The safest way to use IP cameras is to isolate them so they aren't connected to the internet. IPVM also keeps a public up to date list on known vulnerabilities[1] [1] https://ipvm.com/reports/security-exploits#post_111311 https://ipvm.com/reports/security-exploits#post_111311

angry_octet 10y ago

Re-purpose one of your older unused android phones. WardenCam is pretty good, can upload snapshots to google drive etc (create a google account specific to the phone(s) so you are not leaving a phone logged into you main account sitting around).

chrsstrm 10y ago

I've had success with MotionEyeOS [0] on a Raspberry Pi. It used to be that a Pi ($35) plus the camera module ($25) meant ~$60 per cam but now that the Zero W [1] is out you can do Pi ($10) plus camera module ($25) plus the nifty official case that nicely accommodates a camera ($5) for ~$40. MotionEye let's you store images or video locally on the Pi or has multiple cloud destinations available (Drive, Dropbox, your own custom FTP node). An email notification + dropping the files into Google Drive is stupid simple to set up. Plus you can configure just about everything from motion sensitivity to frame rate, etc. Most difficult setup is live stream which means you would need to VPN into your home network; certainly not impossible but still not turnkey simple. If there is a better open source solution for the Pi, I'd love to hear about it. [0] https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos [1] http://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero-wireless.html http://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero-wireless.html