Author Topic: Security of iCam web viewer?  (Read 23124 times)

NinjaPower

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Security of iCam web viewer?
« on: March 04, 2011, 10:32:46 AM »
Hi all,

If I give out my iCam password and login to the public so they can view my camera using the desktop web based iCam viewer, is this secure?

What I'm meaning is could my computer be hacked or anything like that or would they just be able to view and nothing else?

Thanks.

Jay

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Re: Security of iCam web viewer?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2011, 12:19:58 PM »
If people have your iCam login and password, the only thing they will be able to do is view your webcam through an iCam client, such as the iCam app or iCamWeb.  They can't use that login and password to get any other access to your computer (assuming that your iCam login/password is different from the login/password you use to login to your computer).

You can give iCamWeb access to your cameras without giving out your login and password.  When you login to iCamWeb, there is a Share link at the bottom of the page.  You can give that Share link out, and people can use that link to view your webcams.  That Share link is uniquely tied to the login/password, so if you want the Share link to stop working, you just need to change the login/password in iCamSource.

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Re: Security of iCam web viewer?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2011, 12:36:07 PM »
thanks for that!

Is there any way of embedding the image feed to a webpage so it appears as a video if posted into a forum?

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Re: Security of iCam web viewer?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2011, 05:51:14 PM »
Currently, there isn't any way of embedding the iCamWeb applet.

ckeyes888

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Re: Security of iCam web viewer?
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2013, 06:19:18 AM »
Is it possible to embed just an updated still image instead of a video?

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Carl