Iphone surveillance iphone security cameras

About a month ago, I wrote a blog entry on DIY iPhone Controlled Security Cameras for home surveillance. I had setup a couple of Wi-Fi enabled IP cameras and purchased an iPhone app to allow me to view them remotely. I also tested out some security camera recording software. For the most part, it worked as advertised except for the fact that I was unable to get the cameras to successfully connect to an e-mail server to send snapshots to me when the camera's motion sensors were triggered. I had 24/7 streaming video recording until a few weeks ago when the outdoor camera lost it's Wi-Fi connection and did not come back online.

I had put fixing the camera on my to do list but hadn't gotten around to it. Then, last Friday, my house was robbed. The crooks stole a mounted LCD TV right off of a brick wall in our sun room. Fortunately for us, that was all they took. They had kicked through a dead-bolted door to enter our house. My second camera in our kitchen did not capture anything because the thieves never went past the initial room that they had broken into. I think that they may have seen the camera and did not want to enter it's field of view.

I was very disappointed in myself for not fixing the camera sooner as it would have surely taken their picture as they came up our driveway. I'm surprised they didn't notice the outside camera. They may have thought that it was a fake one as I know a lot of people purchase fake cameras as deterrents.

I have since fixed the outdoor camera and I've setup an account with an online storage provider to dump camera video to an off-site location (in case my computer gets stolen). Whether the thieves saw the cameras or not, the end result is that my house was broken into. My next home security purchase will be a lot more low-tech. I'll be buying a couple of iron security doors, and some clear security laminate for our windows to make them "smash resistant". As with computer security the goal is the same for home security: slow the criminals down so they''ll either move on or get caught.

On the bright side, the thieves broke the cable receptacle off of the TV as well as the HDMI port as I found both of them lying on the ground. They also left the remote control behind and the police told me that most pawn shops won't take a TV without a remote. In addition to all of this, we had thrown away the tabletop stand for the TV since we had wall mounted it and didn't need it anymore. I hope the crooks enjoy watching static on my three year old TV that is most likely propped up against a wall.