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Ouch, I own a few of these cameras. I chose Amcrest because they have a local US distributer who does all of the technical/warranty support. Interesting.
by nazgulsenpai 4y ago
Ouch, I own a few of these cameras. I chose Amcrest because they have a local US distributer who does all of the technical/warranty support. Interesting.
- namkt 4y agoAt this point you can't trust any 'cloud' camera regardless of who makes it.
- lupire 4y ago"Non-cloud" cameras that secrety use cloud are also a problem.
- javajosh 4y agoWhy ouch? If they are local-only the max mischief they might cause is relatively limited, right? Or do you suspect them of phoning home behind your back?
- kube-system 4y agoI have a handful of 'local-only' chinese import cameras (although no Dahuas). They all reach out to hard-coded IP addresses on the chinese mainland. (with no explanation why, nor a setting to turn it off) I put them on a dedicated VLAN without internet access for this reason.
- whiw 4y agogoogle VLAN hopping
- kube-system 4y agoI inspect the traffic. The devices I have don't speak 802.1Q at all.
- nazgulsenpai 4y agoI haven't seen any unusual communication from any installed, but they're all firewalled and with WAN disallowed. The ouch was because I will have to find another vendor if they are no longer allowed to be sold in the US.
- bnjms 4y agoThose companies are only disallowed from use in government.
- kube-system 4y agoThat was previously the case. This[0] announcement is that these[1] devices from these[1] manufacturers will not receive FCC authorization for use in the US moving forward. 0: https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-bans-authorizations-devices-pose-national-security-threat https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-bans-authorizations-devices... 1: https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist