Hey,

I’ve just found there’s an IP spy cam connected to my network when I was looking at devices connected to the router. I have the IPv4 address and MAC address for the camera. How can I access the feed ? Via the MAC address I found it was a Shenzhen camera and went to https://www.ispyconnect.com/camera/shenzhen but can’t seem to get the feed up.

I suspect my landlord is spying on me.

Any help would be appreciated.

  • dogcmp6@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    What the Router states the device is, and what the device actually is can be two totally different things. On my Network, I have a Govee TV Backlight, but it shows up in my router as a water leak sensor. My litter robot shows up as a Vacuum. The Hardware ID of the device is usually assigned to the manufacturer, not necessarily the device type, this causes consumer routers to make assumptions when they try to guess what type of device is connected.

    I would block the suspected camera on your router, and then thoroughly check all of the devices in the home to see if any of them lose connection. I would be willing to bet something does.

    • MedicatedLiver@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      This. Only the first three octets (24bits) of a MAC are for the OUI (vendor ID) the remaining three are what ID the specific device, but those are totally unregistered and dynamically allocated by the vendor themselves.

      This is assuming it is even a Globally Unique (OUI enforced) MAC. But to be honest, I don’t know enough about vendor registration requirements to go into those particular weeds.

      Of course, I dealt with this in detail years ago. This has since been replaced with a newer 64-bit ID and some other things to keep us out of a similar situation as the IPv4 allotment space issues. But the basics still stand.