Question Secure POE Camera Recommendations?

[PeteCress]

i am looking to replace my 1st gen cams.

Read a few reviews and it seems like Amcrest cams have decent hardware, but very poor security - as in constantly nagging to use the cloud and attempting to contact bad-guy sites.

Bought a Reolink PTZ, but the panning mech seems questionable and motion detection has been lost.

Can anybody reccomend a brand with decent hardware AND acceptable security?

 

[kanewolf]

i am looking to replace my 1st gen cams.

Read a few reviews and it seems like Amcrest cams have decent hardware, but very poor security - as in constantly nagging to use the cloud and attempting to contact bad-guy sites.

Bought a Reolink PTZ, but the panning mech seems questionable and motion detection has been lost.

Can anybody reccomend a brand with decent hardware AND acceptable security?

Budget is really the question.
Axis is top tier but most people don't want to pay for top tier.

 

[USAFRet]

i am looking to replace my 1st gen cams.

Read a few reviews and it seems like Amcrest cams have decent hardware, but very poor security - as in constantly nagging to use the cloud and attempting to contact bad-guy sites.

Bought a Reolink PTZ, but the panning mech seems questionable and motion detection has been lost.

Can anybody reccomend a brand with decent hardware AND acceptable security?

What seems to be wrong with the Reolinks, and which one specifically?

I have 2x RLC-423 mounted on the house, soon to be a 3rd.
The PTZ works pretty well.

I gave up on outdoor motion detection years ago. Outside is a chaotic place....everything is moving, all the time.

 

[punkncat]

Take a look at HikVision. They stand up pretty well. I really can't comment on the software and security aspects as I didn't do that side often.

 

[bill001g]

I am not so sure I would trust any camera to have direct internet access. You hear all the time about ring cameras getting hacked and you would think a big company like that would have things more secure than a lot of the cameras you get out of china.

I would keep them on a different network or at least remove the default gateway so they have no access to the internet. That should make them safer. If you need remote access I would use some kind vpn to access them. It also depends on where you are storing the data, cloud is not going to be secure.

It depends on if you are just going to write them directly to a NAS or you are going to use some camera control software like say blueiris.

 

[USAFRet]

I am not so sure I would trust any camera to have direct internet access. You hear all the time about ring cameras getting hacked and you would think a big company like that would have things more secure than a lot of the cameras you get out of china.

I would keep them on a different network or at least remove the default gateway so they have no access to the internet. That should make them safer. If you need remote access I would use some kind vpn to access them. It also depends on where you are storing the data, cloud is not going to be secure.

It depends on if you are just going to write them directly to a NAS or you are going to use some camera control software like say blueiris.

Exactly.

Mine record directly to the NAS.
In the rare instances when I need to access them from 'outside', I go through the NAS.
The cameras do not talk to the outside world at all.