I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed

Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by brk on Thursday March 31, 2022 @04:53PM (#30872070)

Well, most IP cameras cannot be accessed this way when you look at the global pool of IP cameras. However many on them on Amazon, particularly from OEM companies like Reolink that are more of a custom relabeller vs. a real camera manufacturer have all kinds of backdoor access methods.

Best practice is to put your IP cameras on a separate isolated network, connected to a dual-NIC recorder/PC running trusted software (eg: not some random DVR/NVR on Amazon) for recording and viewing. This is not a perfect solution, but it at least takes you far away from the path-of-least-resistance pool of devices with weak cybersecurity that are prone to various exploits.

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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by throwaway48375 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @08:08PM (#30873726)

Can't you just use VLAN tagging and firewall rules?

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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by n4bz0r on Thursday March 31, 2022 @08:41PM (#30873951)

You sure can. And as a result you will get...

> a separate isolated network

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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by throwaway48375 on Friday April 01, 2022 @01:30AM (#30875468)

They specifically called for dual-NIC.

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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by DiggyJohnson on Saturday April 02, 2022 @02:15AM (#30886194)

As an extension of their suggestion. There’s no mystery here.

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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by brk on Thursday March 31, 2022 @09:41PM (#30874296)

Yes, of course. Though most people who understand that are already doing things to mitigate exposing these devices to open internet access. My comment was targeted more towards anyone who might not have considered the risks, or might not be comfortable with virtual segmentation vs. physical segmentation.

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