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Re:Child pornography on sale from hacked Hikvision cameras u... by fareesh on Saturday July 15, 2023 @11:04AM (#36737449)
Is there a way to remotely control a Hikvision camera with open source software without using their cloud?

I have a PTZ camera which works well but I rarely use it

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Re:Child pornography on sale from hacked Hikvision cameras u... by squarefoot on Saturday July 15, 2023 @11:29AM (#36737690)
If the camera is ONVIF compatible, and most Hikvision are, it should work with Zoneminder and its mobile Open Source app zmninja.

As for the cloud, if you have a public (not necessarily static) IP and your carrier doesn't filter incoming connections, you can use a dynamic DNS such as DuckDNS.

It is however always advisable to put all cameras behind a firewall, so that whatever it could happen (compromised or not, it still runs a closed firmware) it can be restricted to a dedicated physical network with no access to any personal data.

https://zoneminder.com/

https://zmninja.zoneminder.com/

https://www.duckdns.org/

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