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# C210 Tapo camera
IP Cameras are a nightmare for our privacy. For this reason I am reverse engineering a Tp-Link Tapo C210's firmware and its relative app in order to prevent them from sending any data to untrusted servers.
There are better resources than mine: see https://github.com/nervous-inhuman/tplink-tapo-c200-re and https://drmnsamoliu.github.io/. **Be careful** use those resources mindfully, as they are about Tapo C200, whereas this repository focuses on the C210. Despite being esthetically equivalent and having a similar name, their hardware is completely different. The C200 is based on a MIPS microprocessor, whereas the C210 is based on the ARM-based MStar SSC335 chipset.
There are some better resources than mine: see https://github.com/nervous-inhuman/tplink-tapo-c200-re and https://drmnsamoliu.github.io/, but use those resources mindfully, as they are about Tapo C200, whereas this repository focuses on the C210. Despite being esthetically equivalent and having a similar name, their hardware is completely different. The C200 is based on a MIPS microprocessor, whereas the C210 is based on the ARM-based MStar SSC335 chipset.
In particular, I will focus on
* the reverse engineering of the app in order to be able to use the camera without a Tp-Link account;
* the reverse engineering of the firmware to strip off the portions of code sending the video stream to their servers, or better self-compile a clean firmware. **Good news** you can install [OpenIPC](https://openipc.org/), having a look at [this link](https://openipc.org/cameras/vendors/sigmastar/socs/ssc335)
* <del style="text-decoration: line-through;"> the reverse engineering of the firmware to strip off the portions of code sending the video stream to their servers, or better self-compile a clean firmware.</del> **Good news** you can install [OpenIPC](https://openipc.org/) ([here for our hardware-specific version](https://openipc.org/cameras/vendors/sigmastar/socs/ssc335)) and [linux-chenxing](https://github.com/linux-chenxing), so we do not need any reverse engineering, at most contributing to these projects.
## How these cameras were designed to work
1. You download a proprietary app (Tp-Link Tapo) and create an account without which the camera can not work;
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* Libre NVR solutions (iSpy, ZoneMinder, ...);
* A collection of open source software to control these cameras through [undocumented APIs](https://github.com/xfarrow/tapo-camera/tree/main/secret-apis), see [my collection](https://github.com/stars/xfarrow/lists/tapo-cameras).
Nonethless, you still need the proprietary app and a Tp-Link account the first time you boot the camera up and NVRs will not stop the camera from sending the video stream to their servers without using a firewall.
Nonethless, if you use these solutions, you still need the proprietary app and a Tp-Link account the first time you boot the camera up and NVRs will not stop the camera from sending the video stream to their servers without using a firewall.
This repository aims to resolve these issues.
* Installing [OpenIPC](https://openipc.org/) or [linux-chenxing](https://github.com/linux-chenxing)