Review on Wireless Hidden Spy Camera: HD 1080P Mini DIY Cam with Mobile App for Live Streaming, Motion Detection Alerts - Home Security Nanny Cams by Richard Cummings

Ok, so I'm ambivalent about this product. In a way it works, and it works pretty well. On the other hand, however, depending on how you set it up, there can be some very serious privacy issues. I'm a cybersecurity expert, so I'll try to provide some technical details in a way that most people can understand. Above all. , this unit can function as an access point or wireless client. If it works as an access point, you need to connect to its SSID on your phone to access the camera. It's the safest way to use this, but it also means you have to be in close proximity to the camera to view the live feed. You can't see the camera from home. An alternative setup option is to connect the camera to your home wireless network and then work as a wireless client. In this mode, you can access the camera from anywhere. However, in this mode I was able to confirm that this camera is constantly connecting to MANY IP addresses, many of which are in Japan and China. Some of these IP addresses that I have been able to verify are part of the AWS infrastructure, but many of them are owned by Comcast or even Cingular Wireless. At best, this suggests that camera video is available to a lot more people around the world than you probably would like. In addition, pure UDP without encryption is used for communication. I will keep the camera but disable all wireless client functionality and only use it locally. I even went as far as setting up a static reservation on my DHCP server with the machine's MAC address, and then blocking that reserved IP address in my firewall so it couldn't access it when it reconnected to my home hotspot Internet. Access. If you don't mind sharing your video (and audio with the built-in microphone) with someone who knows how many random people there are in the world, do so. Otherwise you probably just want to use it locally or find another solution. UPDATE: Because the seller keeps harassing me and asking me to remove this review, I downgraded the rating to 1 star. I take the seller's actions on this review as confirmation that my safety concerns are validated and they are doing their best to hide this information from potential buyers. This product has great potential but it is used to spy on you with video and audio. . Your video and audio will be sent to multiple destinations including China. And no, I won't delete this just because the seller asks me to.