Privacy and Security Issues with Blue Iris Question

[HeneryH]

Some people just like to 𝔹itch.

[Idle0095]

I hat your not getting is my dahua NVR is racked mounted in a rack with a lock. Everything is on battery. So they can take my power meter. I’ll still have full battery for 6 hours. They can break in and see the cameras on the screen. They can’t do anything. NVR is locked with username and password.
Now blue iris is locked in same rack on battery. But on the screen of the break in could find the mouse they have full access. I just would like to see a lock section on blue iris. But then again windows could be shut down regardless.

[Idle0095]

I hat your not getting is my dahua NVR is racked mounted in a rack with a lock. Everything is on battery. So they can take my power meter. I’ll still have full battery for 6 hours. They can break in and see the cameras on the screen. They can’t do anything. NVR is locked with username and password.
Now blue iris is locked in same rack on battery. But on the screen of the break in could find the mouse they have full access. I just would like to see a lock section on blue iris. But then again windows could be shut down regardless.

[Matts1984]

It wasn't that I'm not getting it..... you didn't say that. Ok so Blue Iris is physically locked/secured and on battery backup. The operating system should be locked and secured with credentials, so that is addressed.

You want to view the feeds in a separate location - use a different system (Windows PC, Linux system, Mac, Chromebox, Raspberry Pi, whatever) that connects to your server using UI3 and a username/password without Admin privilege. You can't do anything to the server - including shut it down.

[Thixotropic]

So it’s secure. Blue iris is not. Anyone with a mouse can access everything.

Just press CTRL-L and lock the PC. Done. No one can get to anything. Problem solved.

If you want to still view the screen but disable the mouse and keyboard, this might work:

https://www.e-motional.com/TScreenLock.htm Not free, unfortunately.

Also this one, which is free: https://github.com/wmhilton/lock-screen/releases

It "it blocks mouse clicks and keyboard events until you kill the screensaver with the keyboard shortcut"



On my system they could get to the PC itself (which is password protected), but the video is offloaded to a hidden NAS and then shuffled off to some cheap cloud storage. Yes, they could steal the PC and theoretically the NAS (if they could ever find it), but the footage is safe.

[SolarEclipse]

How about someone that breaks in. They can access the whole system.

Seems like if someone has broken into your house, them accessing your video cameras should be the least of your worries. Just saying.

[Matts1984]

Seems like if someone has broken into your house, them accessing your video cameras should be the least of your worries. Just saying.

Where's the 'thumbs up' or 'Like' button?

[Thixotropic]

I think I kind of understand (maybe). There are times I'd like to lock my BI PC but still be able to see what's on screen, view the cameras, etc. I think that's the goal here unless I've misunderstood.

I think the concern is that if someone broke in they could access the PC and delete the video of them breaking in, so he wants to have the PC locked from tampering but have the screen still viewable.

[HeneryH]

That is a Windows "missing feature" and not a BI problem.

[SolarEclipse]

I think the concern is that if someone broke in they could access the PC and delete the video of them breaking in, so he wants to have the PC locked from tampering but have the screen still viewable.

That's what hoodies and masks are for.

In my community, if I was to provide law enforcement with a crystal clear picture of a burglar they would do nothing. Unless they see it happening themselves they won't touch it.
In the early days of COVID they (the City government) also announced they would no longer answer to 911 calls unless someone's life was in danger.
Burglary, nope.
Car theft, nope.
Bike theft, nope.
Vandalism, nope.
etc., nope, nope, nope.
We are on our own in my town.