US - FCC Ban The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned Dahua and Hikvision from new equipment authorizations in November 2022. Most products that use electricity require FCC equipment authorizations; otherwise, they are illegal to import, sell, market, or use, even for private individuals. Jul 5, 2024
You’d have to buy from actual Western companies like Axis or Dallmeier.
https://www.amazon.in/s?k=cctv+system+4+channel
so what are your options? i have been contemplating getting a door phone + cctv for my home for the past so many years but problems like these prevent me from investing into an ecosystem.
edit: oh. looks like pager attacks has their attention now.
https://trak.in/stories/pager-bombs-govt-can-ban-chinese-cct...
i guess time will tell and then there is lobbying so yeah
Compromised firmware or other backdoors are a concern for a wide range of products. With IP Cameras, a commonly recommended practice includes putting them on a non-internet accessible network, disabling any remote access, UPnP type features, etc. You can run IP cameras in an air-gapped configuration as well.
Home/consumer-grade cameras have plenty of shortcomings too.
