Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; can now watch new owner

Re:Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; ca... by JChase2 on Sunday June 19, 2016 @12:38PM (#11933536)

I've tried finding a camera that has a server that can encrypt traffic, and I can't. It'd be nice to have access from outside of my network but I don't trust it. It really took me by surprise how bad at security these things are. I guess I could set up some kind of vpn but I assumed when I bought it I could enable ssl or something.

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Re:Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; ca... by Retr0spectrum on Sunday June 19, 2016 @01:08PM (#11933667)

Possibly overkill, but you could set up some kind of home VPN to remote in securely.

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Re:Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; ca... by tener on Sunday June 19, 2016 @01:20PM (#11933724)

This is probably the only way to be sure about security in this scenario.

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Re:Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; ca... by walrus01 on Sunday June 19, 2016 @02:59PM (#11934143)

Put IP cameras in their own VLAN on a network that also contains network DVR software. Access it via VPN tunnel and/or https. For unauthorized access to an individual camera somebody would need to be on the same layer 2 broadcast domain as the camera, local on site. Following that principle, if an adversary has physical access to a device it's likely pwned anyways.

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Re:Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; ca... by m_eiman on Sunday June 19, 2016 @01:46PM (#11933811)

Maybe the Apple HomeKit ones are better - at least it'd be a big PR problem for Apple if they aren't.

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