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Security Monitoring with IP Cameras

July 25, 2018 Patrick Gilfeather

Security Monitoring with IP Cameras The market offers many choices when it comes to IP cameras. Most people who purchase these devices typically use the bundled software or hardware. This can be convenient but has it limitations. Many of the manufacturers do not support other brands of devices. In this post I’ll be covering how to gather imaging and video directly from IP cameras without the need for the vendors software or hardware solution. The camera I’ll be demonstrating in…

microSD Security

July 16, 2018 Patrick Gilfeather

Many single board computers and mobile devices use microSD media as their primary data storage. However, microSD media is also used in cameras, security systems, and other small devices that handle large quantities of data. The security of this media format is often overlooked. In this post, we’ll look at some history around the topic of microSD security and its implications. I’ll also be covering some basic concepts of securing microSD media. MicroSD media is an extremely small form factor…

CO Detector Hack – Part 9

July 9, 2018 Patrick Gilfeather

This will be the last post on the subject of interfacing the First Alert CO Detector with a wireless ESP8266 module. The limits of the ESP8266 and lower costs of the higher functioning ESP32 module prove that this effort is not worth continuing. I will say that the overall simplicity of this project should provide a firm footing for future projects. The process from start to finish can be applied to any number of electronic devices. So with that said,…