As I'm OP in this, I can give you my risk decision. I block cameras from cloud access as they innately have this as a capability, the cloud systems they connect

As I'm OP in this, I can give you my risk decision. I block cameras from cloud access as they innately have this as a capability, the cloud systems they connect to are a target for attackers and hardware manufacturers in general are not well known for their software security. I don't explicitly block netcam studio as, it runs on a windows host that I want to connect to the Internet for patches, it's a commercial product I paid a license for, so there's some incentives for the developer to maintain it, it has no innate cloud functionality, so less risk of hijack. My risk profile is such that I'm not expecting directed attacks at me, I'm more likely to be caught up in a wider attack on a service.