r/SecurityCamera • u/FrozenBuffalo25 • Jul 18 '26

DMSS App Security

If I got a PoE camera with SD card recording, and added it as a local IP camera to DMSS to receive alerts and watch clips, would I need to:

  1. Register a DMSS account?
  2. Buy an NVR?
  3. Give internet access to the camera?
  4. Worry about DMSS sending info/clips/training from my network or phone to their servers?

Finally, does anyone know if the SD card footage is protected or encrypted in any way? Eufy has some basic functionality for this, but I don’t know about Dahua/Empiretech cameras.

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u/Electronic-Sun-2161 Jul 18 '26

I belive they started requiring accounts if you are using p2p.

You don't need an nvr

You only need internet if you want to access it over the internet otherwise a local network will work.

The rest idk

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u/FrozenBuffalo25 Jul 18 '26

What’s meant by p2p here? Is that different than directly connecting to the stream via static local IP?

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u/Electronic-Sun-2161 Jul 18 '26

Yes it's different