One step in this process is "authenticate itself." If that involves exploiting a vulnerability to actually bypass authentication, ethical disclosure is the way

One step in this process is "authenticate itself." If that involves exploiting a vulnerability to actually bypass authentication, ethical disclosure is the way to proceed. If authentication is actually taking place, this sounds like a legitimate and useful feature that would steer me toward using this brand of camera. The only reasons that would make me hesitate to release would be 1) the cameras have an automatic remote firmware update mechanism, AND 2) it is likely the company would see this as a threat to a significant revenue stream. If one of those is not true I would release. Either way, sounds very interesting!