These are great for letting others spy on your home/business/etc without your permission.
(actually Zmodo claims their products from 2011 and later shouldn’t be as vulnerable to “the same” intrusions as the numerous similar brands, but it still might be wise to keep tabs on the situation as it develops since it doesn’t state which year’s model these were).
The workaround for vulnerable models, which these might not be, is to turn off uPNP on your router (even though doing so can cause problems with PSN, XBox Live, or Cisco VPN clients, etc) and don’t forward any ports to the camera system. That prevents you from accessing your own cameras remotely though.
Slightly confusing, yes, but just look at specs tab for more detail.
It seems fairly clear they meant something more like:
“Your choice of: four cameras (two bullet & two dome) OR two cameras (two bullet cameras). Each camera includes video + power cables. Includes 12V DC power supply.”
I’m not terribly tech savvy but thought the purpose of a DVR is to record but this says a separate (not included) hard drive is necessary to record. So what’s the purpose of the DVR?
“Supports up to 2TB 3.5” SATA hard drive (hard drive not included). A hard drive is not needed when using cameras for surveillance, but is required when using DVR for recording camera images"
Hi, all can anybody recommend a wireless camera setup that I can view on the interent to keep track of my elderly mother that lives by her self… thanks all
I did some [quick] looking and couldn’t find any alternate firmware or something similar. But I did find a fellow that has been able to get the video stream(s) from these DVR units into the ZoneMinder software (Linux video camera security and surveillance solution).
I don’t have a Zmodo DVR to try this with, but I think I’ll pick one of these up and check it out.
In relation to the hacking issues, UPNP is for amateurs. It should always be disabled and you should manually configure port forwarding as needed so you know what’s coming and going on your router. If you’re too lazy to manage your network properly, you deserve to be hacked.