Amcrest AD410 - how to make it more secure?

apple_pennywise · 2023-08-15T03:13:55+00:00

I'm a new Amcrest AD410 doorbell camera owner. I've had it installed for two weeks, and it's working well. Amcrest's surveillance camera products are not new to me, but doorbell cam - yes. During the AD410 installation, I learned that I needed the Amcrest Smart Home mobile app in order to configure the doorbell cam, which is fine and I did that. I later realized that I could access my doorbell camera and its live view via the Smart Home app while I'm outside of my home, and this raises security concerns. Correct me if I'm wrong - is my AD410 sending live view data to Amcrest and back to the Smart Home app on my cellphone? The app is pretty cool because I can answer any doorbell rings (via 2-way talk and live view) anywhere even outside of my home, but if this feature is at the expense of my privacy and network security, I'm more than happy to stop using this app. Can someone please explain how the AD410 and the Smart Home app actually communicate? How do you all configure your AD410 such that you're comfortable with privacy and network security?