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Are Wireless Home Security Cameras Secure?


 

 

Wireless home security cameras can be secure depending on the type of system you use. Technological advances in home surveillance allow you to keep out hackers from your security system.

 

Why Have Wireless Home Security Cameras?

 

A security camera will allow you to keep a watchful eye on potential intruders and the activities of service people and caregivers.

 

How do Wireless Home Security Cameras Work?

 

The camera sends a recorded image with either an analog or digital signal. The camera sends the images to the control center of your security system where they can be viewed using a computer, television or cell phone. Also, the images can be saved on a video cassette recorder (VCR), digital video recorder (DVR) or your computer.

 

Types of Wireless Home Security Cameras

 

Some wireless home security cameras work with radio frequencies. These wireless home security cameras use video. Images are stored on a VCR and viewed on a close circuit television. Your data is not secured with this system since it uses a signal that is not encrypted making it easy to hack.

 

Another way for a camera to send its signal is WiFi. Wireless home security cameras use a wireless router to send the signal over the internet to your computer. You not only have the capability to view the images but also record and send them anywhere. These wireless home security cameras are more expensive than the radio frequency kind but they offer more protection against hackers. An encrypted transmission renders the wireless home security cameras virtually impossible to invade.

 

What is an Encrypted Transmission?

 

Your encrypted transmission scrambles the data that your camera sends to the control center of your home security system. This makes it hard for someone to tamper with the images from your wireless home security cameras.

 

 

 

 









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