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Why do you assume the NVR is free from hardcoded creds?


Because it’s not listed in the list of affected devices. Also if that’s a concern then don’t expose the NVR. Use something like tailscale or a VPN to access it remotely (or don’t access it remotely).


Yeah but now everyone in your wifi range with commonly available hardware has access to your NVR and by extension your cameras.

And actually if any of your network machines or devices are breached, the attackers now have NVR/cam access.


? My cameras aren't wifi, they are ethernet and the NVR isn't wifi-based either.


Your wifi network probably isn't VLAN'd away from your hardwired network. It's all the same IP space.

You can check your NVR from your phone on wifi right?


Ok but first people have to break into my wifi network. It'd be easier to break into my house unless it's a nation state actor which is not a threat risk I'm prepared to sacrifice enough to defend against. Also, my cameras are not on my main network, they are plugged directly into the NVR via long ethernet runs, they don't touch my main network. You are guessing that the NVR might have hardcoded credentials (which hasn't been proven).

At a certain point you are being overly paranoid and I think we crossed that line a while back.


Wifi is really trivial to break into and doesn't leave meaningful traces unless you really do some enterprise monitoring stuff.

Unlike breaking into your window, you are unlikely to get the cops to do anything if someone breaches your network. There's also direct and indirect financial incentive.

So now your entire livestreaming security setup depends on the security of your wifi network, which can be broken with $20 of dedicated hardware.

And yeah, if someone puts hardcoded creds into their cameras.. they probably do it for all their firmware. It doesn't even have to be malicious, it's just a lazy way to test and debug software.




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