I tend to buy from China couple of these Hikvision DS-2CD2132F-IS cams. Two Chinese dealers said to me that there is installed "multi-language v5.2.5 firmware" which I presume to be china region model "prehacked" to "multi-language". Any idea can I upgrade to v5.3.0 without having to learn to read chinese (u know what i mean)? Is there the same region roulette hack shit had to be done all over again?
If those are "prehacked by the dealer" chinese versions there is always a possibility that the hacking has not been limited to only language change. There is always a possibility to include all kind of nasty surprises into the system like calling "home", software scanning of the network, setting up vulnerabilities and/or opening ports in the system. After all that is only embedded linux inside that can be altered as you wish (and can).
The European PAL version may or may not (?) have the same upgrade limitations than the US versions seem to have?
At least according to Hikvision v5.3.0 has been out a few weeks in Europe (Hikvision Updates the Products Firmware with Security Enhancements - Press Releases - About Hikvision - Hikvision). Any idea where to get that 530 european firmware upgrade?
If those are "prehacked by the dealer" chinese versions there is always a possibility that the hacking has not been limited to only language change. There is always a possibility to include all kind of nasty surprises into the system like calling "home", software scanning of the network, setting up vulnerabilities and/or opening ports in the system. After all that is only embedded linux inside that can be altered as you wish (and can).
The European PAL version may or may not (?) have the same upgrade limitations than the US versions seem to have?
At least according to Hikvision v5.3.0 has been out a few weeks in Europe (Hikvision Updates the Products Firmware with Security Enhancements - Press Releases - About Hikvision - Hikvision). Any idea where to get that 530 european firmware upgrade?