Your statement is out of context. Your referring to these Ring, Amazon, Home Depot, Lowes, Costco, etc. IP based cameras that either plug directly into your home network/router or connected to your home wifi... Not IP cams as a whole. This solidifies my statements above, that your residential grade crap cameras/systems are not the same animal as the commercial systems I mentioned above.
There is no link between the cameras/IP camera LAN and the internet on a properly installed CCTV IP POE system. its closed circuit. 2 complete different subnets, no gateway/ internet link on the IP camera subnet.. Separate LAN port on the NVR for connecting to your network. Cameras record to NVR's internal hard drives.. We are not a believer in cloud ANYTHING. Some clients demand it, and we will do some cloud storage, replication, hosting stuff for them but only after protections outlined in writing for us and they have signed off on acknowledging it.
Using non standard ports, vpns, enterprise grade routers with threat prevention, instrusion detection, etc., bypass rules, dedicated vlans for specific devices (cameras, access controllers, video intercom) and strict rules limiting those vlans access are all things to prevent these types of hacks, intrusions of privacy, etc.... we don't open our NVR/cameras to the web...typical setup for clients that want to monitor cameras remotely is Wireguard VPN on mobile device, laptop, tablet, etc and camera viewing app configured with local LAN static... no open ports to the www, no cloud service or 3rd party middleman your video feeds are passing through to be hacked...
I would NEVERRRR buy any of these residential grade units, come home and plug them into my router or connect to my wifi... RING doorbell and cameras..... HAHAHAHHAHA. good luck with that, ill pray for you
Now if you like the man or creepers watching your every move and looking at your pee pee you should have RING cameras all over your house...Wasnt it just a few months back a Ring customer was awarded a few million because Ring employees sitting in an office in (AZ I think the office was) were watching this women and posting the nude or compromising content to reddit or something like that?? Just saying..
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...I truly appreciate the insight, from all levels and perspectives! Ultimately, they are encouraging the oldest daughter to move into his place. Her house is just over 1/2 mile north of his place. Farm fields separate them. Most likely spring is when she'll move. Until then, the entire property stays in the family. He owned a massive chunk of land until they came thru with a state route about 50 yrs. ago and screwed him with "eminent domain" mumbo jumbo....my wife asked if I would be willing to give them all ideas as how best to proceed. Presently, they are collectively making decisions together about any expenditures or mods to the property. This won't happen overnight, but they are serious about monitoring the property. Internet connections and cloud storage will be up to them to decide. (Recall members, that I am a service rifle slut who uses MOA, therefore technology and me have a complicated relationshit..) I know the oldest would probably look toward something top shelf in the interim and while living there. She can be a nervous Nelly at times....but in the meantime, I plan to set up something simple like this for now....
