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For me I think the flashing lights would provide some deterrence. But even if hard-core criminals ignore it, "innocent" people can be given a quiet warning before setting off the siren that wakes the neighbours. e.g if I'm putting the bins out late and the lights flash - I can stop before...

Thanks wittaj, I had started looking into IPC-HDW3449HP-AS-PV as well, but can only find the 8MP version for sale. I can understand motion lights not being a big deterrent, they are common enough to just ignore. If anything they just help the thief see what they're stealing. But I thought the...

Hi, nice thread, have been doing some research myself and am quite interested in the strobe light effect as an active deterrent. My theory is an opportunist would walk away if they believe they've been detected and set off any silent alarm. I would much rather prevent the crime occurring in the...

I haven't tried it myself, but I assume you could make your own firmware which has a different setting for iptables config. Another option is a VPN so that the camera itself isn't exposed on the internet but is still accessible remotely. Yet another option is a separate switch/firewall/router...

Thanks to these tools and guide I successfully updated a grey market DS-2CD2332-I from 5.2.5 to 5.4.5. To help others here are the steps I took and the problems that were encountered. The solutions echo some of the tips above; My camera was already working fine, it just had old exploitable...