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Re:Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; ca... by nateguchi on Sunday June 19, 2016 @12:13PM (#11933436)
You can more than likely pick up the serial through the web-admin panel that these cameras expose on the local network.

God forbid they have a wireless AP with the serial number somehow encoded in the SSID.

How is it that these companies still don't give security a passing concern?

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Re:Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; ca... by digi_owl on Sunday June 19, 2016 @01:04PM (#11933653)
> How is it that these companies still don't give security a passing concern?

Lack of lawsuits. The kind that bankrupt companies and set binding precedents for everyone else.

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Re:Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; ca... by mtgx on Sunday June 19, 2016 @12:15PM (#11933444)
That's why "surveillance cameras" better describes these products, than "security cameras", especially if they're cloud-connected.
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