Thanks for the input...I am familiar with reading about the starlight cams on here and understand how they are all the rage right now (with good reason I might add). But for me I couldn't justify $170 bucks for multiple locations at this point in time compared to $64. I can almost buy 3 for the price of 1. I would like to try one of the starlights and I will try one I magine in the future...just not right now.
Do you know if the 4431EM-AS is able to be locked down so they don't move like the Hik turrets?
You need to buy a metal base international version. This one has a screw, fixing the ball. Without
tools, it´s not possible to move it.
Sorry for the delayed response....I have to admit...after reading this it kind of has me concerned? I will log into the camera menu to ensure I see an option for "cloud" or "p2p" and make sure it is turned off. Although not sure how else to tell if there is a back door set up for someone in china. Hopefully it helps that I strictly use vpn...?
If you have no p2p or easy4ip menu options, then you can be for sure, that the p2p is open and active. First step for every setup is to change the default password! And it´s better to define a second admin account, because the admin account will be blocked, when someone is trying to hack it. In this case you have a second user who is able to access the webif.
vpn is a perfect good choice, but it doesn´t prevent hijacking for bots, if p2p is active with default passwords! p2p goes over port 80 through all firewalls and nats! If you can exam outgoing traffic, if you can see connections to amazon cloud services comming from your cam p.e. this could be p2p services.
