Is it secure? How are hackers blocked from tapping into the stream? (I have one of these and it is great but am interested in this issue).
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I'm perry sure it is No problems with hackers thank goodness You need a password to log in to the account and have the app
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I'm perry sure it isNo problems with hackers thank goodnessYou need a password to log in to the account and have the app
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I am sure someone with enough savvy could hack into the system. However, since it uses wifi from a home, it would be advisable to make sure you have a secure wifi network to set up on. I know I had no problems when I travelled as I secure all my phones and devices. I would advise to check on the internet to see if any issues have been reported for this particular device.
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In web access from remote I couldn't get access to the sub stream or at least couldn't figure it out yet. It allows me to get access to the main stream. However when I access the main stream it automatically goes back to mjpeg from h.264 and the quality is not so good. If you want to use direct streaming foscam is better. Now I use Blue Iris for streaming. It is amazing. It allows me to mix up cameras. In a client location I installed 18 cameras and we use 6 of those to put them in public site with public user name and password. If you want to check it out how it works here is the link: http://www.petcoral.com/WebCams.aspx. It works from almost any device. In web access from remote I couldn't get access to the sub stream or at least couldn't figure it out yet. It allows me to get access to the main stream. However when I access the main stream it automatically goes back to mjpeg from h.264 and the quality is not so good. If you want to use direct streaming foscam is better. Now I use Blue Iris for streaming. It is amazing. It allows me to mix up cameras. In a client location I installed 18 cameras and we use 6 of those to put them in public site with public user name and password. If you want to check it out how it works here is the link:... » Read More In web access from remote I couldn't get access to the sub stream or at least couldn't figure it out yet. It allows me to get access to the main stream. However when I access the main stream it automatically goes back to mjpeg from h.264 and the quality is not so good. If you want to use direct streaming foscam is better. Now I use Blue Iris for streaming. It is amazing. It allows me to mix up cameras. In a client location I installed 18 cameras and we use 6 of those to put them in public site with public user name and password. If you want to check it out how it works here is the link: http://www.petcoral.com/WebCams.aspx. It works from almost any device. « Show Less
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I've done it, but it's not pretty. The streams go over your network uncompressed. So we're talking 15-20 megabits, depending on what bitrates your cable company uses. If you have that much upstream to work with, then it should be fine. I don't and I've been meaning to enable OpenVPN's compression to see if that works, but I have yet to try it.
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Yes - that is how I am using it - I love the little bugger - however if what you are working on needs security - this is not the answer. Hope this helps.
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I think so. I stream using a Roku so I don't have first-hand experience with this.
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I still didn't figure out how to use my grand stream. Just buy an obo or ovo device. I think that's what it's called. I plug it in to my computer and a regular phone. I am able to make and receive calls through the internet with out my computer being on.
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The unit's display does not show any information besides the audio source and a equalizer info. I don't think it can be hacked to display file information. Can't tell you anything about external HD or flac.
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The Livestream Broadcaster can only stream to LiveStream. Which I think it does really well.
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Icetri, Thanks for pointing it out. Actually I was finally able to connect to it last night after numerous try. Somehow it didn't take the passcode for a little while even I was doing it correctly. It connected to my Sony micro pc at first try before I tried with BB Curve. I guess the comment above from J. MODY is somewhat understandable. IMHO, since IGo doesn't expressly support BB Curve, users have to find a way to use it. Any way, I really like the price tag on this at $30.
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Yes it streamed YouTube and netflix very well and yes it connects to wifi also my wireless printer. I thought I needed the previous owners password.... When installed programs. when I called customer service, by the way they were great.... They just told me to press ok. You know after you input a password and then press ok? Well I didn't need a password I just simply pressed ok. Hope that helps.
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Paranoia or not, if security is a concern, use a wired setup. No wireless connection is 100% secure. I'm sure there's some esoteric weakness even in wired connections, but am not motivated enough to look for them. The probability of your keystrokes being sniffed on the 2.4gHz band is incredibly small, but non-zero. It's going to take a determined hacker to get them, and an even more determined one to make sense out of them. However, as I said, the probability of interception is not zero. Personally, I'd be more worried about social engineering than any technological attack in the first place, and any remote destination you are sending those keystrokes is far more likely to disclose your data to fictional or real enemies than the keystrokes themselves..
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I, too, am using it to protect my IP and because it was suggested to me by a person who told me about open source and mentioned VPN. When I saw this product mentioned those items I thought I should buy it. Don't use it as VPN server so I don't know about that.
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I have not tried that but I stream from a home server with no problems.I hope this helps.
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i don't thing so. Really for your goals streamers are using hardware card (not CPU).
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Well its not very good for being a "scanner" - is the scan rate/continue is very slow and buggy. But you do it by holding down the VM/scan button for 2.5s - hitting the menu button clears the scan mode and in the software you designat e an S for channels you want skipped during scan - there is no lock out.
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From what I've read it's fundamentally more secure than SurfEasy. I don't like that I need to send all my web browsing through SurfEasy first. I get lots of pop-ups and I probably have a virus, and SurfEasy won't protect me from that. If the main operating system is being keylogged, then they can still get my passwords since the SurfEasy runs on top of it. I don't have to worry about any of that with ZeusGard
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I've streamed Netflix and YouTube plenty of times with no problems. I've also sent the stream to an external monitor with no problems.