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Ubiquiti Users Somehow Being Fed Access to Strangers' Security Cameras (www.404media.co)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What cameras/setup do you use (or just recommend)?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Currently using BlueIris to read/record streams from Ubiquiti IP cameras* set to run in standalone mode. I chose that software since it is a one-time purchase rather than something monthly; and chose the cameras as they were fairly inexpensive when I bought them (5ish years ago) and they supported power over ethernet, which makes running cables to them so much easier (just have to run a single ethernet cable to them, don't need to run a separate power cable).

I'll probably be redoing my setup in the future. Most notably swapping out BlueIris (Windows) for something Linux based as my trust in Microsoft has steadily declined.

*I do enjoy the irony of these being mentioned given the thread we are in. I at least have them banned from talking to the internet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I never ran BlueIris as I couldn’t bear to install windows. For Linux try Frigate NVR.