The router manufacturers have been offering advanced security features either as built-in software or as add-on packages for a while now and, since I have already had a look at the Asus AiProtection, it was time to check out if the Netgear Armor is actually worth it. If you were using the Netgear R7000 or … Read more
The X-Sense Home Security kit is a very budget-friendly security system suitable for smaller apartments, where you usually don’t have more than 4 windows and where the WiFi connection can easily reach all corners of your home. And that’s because there is a nicely designed base station (with a built-in battery to protect you from … Read more
To say that Reolink Duo is an interesting security camera would be an understatement and that’s because instead of a single lens, there are two 4-megapixel lenses which are able to cover far more ground. And yes, every other technology that Reolink has developed the past few years (such as the smart motion detection and … Read more
The Zyxel Flex 100 and the entire USG Flex series have been well regarded as reliable security firewall solutions, but even though Zyxel has been actively developing its Cloud management platform, the USG series has been left out of the Cloud servers and, if you wanted a security-focused gateway, you had to rely on the … Read more
The Ucam camera was born from the collaboration between the prolific camera maker Tenvis and the security focused start-up IoTeX in an attempt to showcase the new blockchain application for ensuring the security of your footage and, implicitly, your privacy. Tenvis IoTeX Ucam Ucam.iotex.io Check Product IoTex has been in the news a bit over … Read more
The answer is yes, but as all things in life, it’s a bit more complicated. AiProtection was added to the Asus routers about five years ago when the Taiwanese manufacturer partnered with Trend Micro to develop a suite of security-focused features as a means to add a new layer of protection to your network (and … Read more
The Reolink RLC-811A is currently the top PoE camera model from the RLC series, sporting most of the features that can be found on other Reolink cameras, such as the SuperHD resolution (but this time at 4K) and that extra A at the end of the name means that the camera supports the new smart … Read more
The advances that were made in the connectivity department has allowed the surveillance cameras to offer a far better image quality than before (mostly due to the higher bitrate at a lower latency) and the Annke 500 camera series aims to take full advantage of the Super HD resolution (at up to 8Mbps bitrate) to … Read more
The Reolink Argus 3 is the third generation of outdoors-suitable battery-operated cameras and the people have grown very fond of this series due to the quick installation, the excellent image quality and the simple, yet comprehensive set of features. The Argus 3 doesn’t change any of the basics, but it does add some interesting new … Read more
The Reolink RLC-520 is an affordable outdoor-suitable security camera built to withstand a harsh weather and, just like its predecessor, it offers a 5-megapixel resolution (2560x1920p), motion detection and night vision up to 100 feet. Indeed, the RLC-520 offers the same features as the RLC-410 (it’s pretty much identical regarding the internal hardware), but it … Read more