This a hundred times. ONVIF cameras plus Zoneminder can make a great video security system, totally ad and spyware free thanks to 100% open source software.
A firewall is however needed, since the cameras firmware can't be audited, therefore one should assume the worst. Just allow secure connections from trusted sources outside only and block any access from the IP cameras subnet to anywhere else.
Advertising is just one of the problems plaguing consumer surveillance cameras; many of them have been already caught while either phoning home somewhere in China or being so poorly secured that they're wide open to exploitation that can turn them into botnet nodes.
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This is why I strongly encourage people to only buy cameras that are ONVIF compatible, which makes the cameras viewable with an open protocol.
This a hundred times. ONVIF cameras plus Zoneminder can make a great video security system, totally ad and spyware free thanks to 100% open source software.
https://zoneminder.com/
A firewall is however needed, since the cameras firmware can't be audited, therefore one should assume the worst. Just allow secure connections from trusted sources outside only and block any access from the IP cameras subnet to anywhere else.
Advertising is just one of the problems plaguing consumer surveillance cameras; many of them have been already caught while either phoning home somewhere in China or being so poorly secured that they're wide open to exploitation that can turn them into botnet nodes.
https://blog.zositech.com/unsecured-network-cameras-list/