IP camera
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An IP Camera is similar to a traditional electronic video camera in most respects, except that it includes support for Ethernet and wireless (Wifi) communication and generally have its own built-in web server. A smartphone or tablet computer or web browser are often used to view the output from IP cameras.
IP cameras can be used to record a sporting event or to maintain surveillance of a location. Typically, the camera operator places the camera and then leaves the camera's location.
Implementation
Most people already have an existing home network, TCP/IP cameras are trivial to install. They simply need to be provided with a connection to the network, usually with Ethernet cable or a wireless connection, and a source of power. Once they have been powered on and connected you can either use client software or a web browser to see what it is seeing and hear it is hearing as well as control any additional features such as zoom, panning, email alerts, etc.
Camera Features
- Audio Reception is included with most cameras above entry-level, this allows you to listen to what is going on in addition to seeing it.
- Night Vision, be it infrared or other, is offered on some models. This is an enormous advantage over anyone outside in the dark.
- Panning will allow you to greatly increase a cameras effective field of view, but it can also alert near-by individuals to the camera's presence if it is noisy.
- Two-way Audio allows you to speak from the camera. Most surveillance tasks do not require this, but it is a worthwhile consideration.
- Zooming allows you to get a closer look at a potential threat, the more you know about your enemy the better prepared you will be for their attack.
Server Features
Most IP camera have some form of web server and several other types of servers as well. The features of these cameras will give you different abilities in controlling the camera or know what is going on with it even when you are not looking at it.
- Email Alerts can be broadcast by many cameras, these can be triggered by sounds, motion, light, or any other of a range of inputs. This email can be sent to either an email account or as a text message through a service provider's email-text gateway, i.e. Verizon customers can be sent text via email at 555-555-5555@vtext.com.
- Web Servers are a part of nearly all cameras. These will provide you with a console to watch and listen to the camera's output, control its features, configure it, and more...
Right to Privacy
The extensive use of IP cameras is a major issues for privacy and the unalienable right to privacy. Many citizens have concerns with the fact that countless IP cameras and other surveillance cameras have been install in every major intersection of big cities and in innumerable other public places. Such a proliferation of surveillance has created an apparatus for a police state that is much more vast the the network of human "If you see something say something" informants to the Stasi, Red Guards, Gestapo and KGB. See OPSEC.
Fortifications
In the modern era, rather than a sentry, the IP camera has become almost indispensable to all modern "fortification" and security from banks, to government and business offices to home security and its defense landscaping to survivalist retreats. A fortified and secure location is indefensible without some sort of IP cameras.
See Also
External Links
- IP Camera list on Amazon.com
- Zmodo Camera
- Sricam Camera
- TriVision Bullet HD 720p Outdoor Weatherproof IP Home Security Camera System, Wireless N, High Definition 1280 x 720 pixel, Built-in DVR Expandable to 64Gb, Free Plug and View App on iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android Smart phone