How to install the plugin required to operate FOscam HD IP cameras with Google Chrome. This article discusses the problem of Security settings in OS X that prevent the proper web browser plugin from being installed and run under Safari to access.
Quote from dzap: Chrome has recently disabled outside.crx files from being installed/used that weren't obtained from the Chrome Web Store. You used to work around this be enabling developer mode, but they disabled that as well too.
You must switch to the Dev Channel, Canary, Chromium or Opera now to install this. Dev Channel here.
I think this is a very restrictive policy, and I'm not happy with it since I can't override it at all. How about Internet Explorer? Unless I am mistaken, no plugin, I can't view it from my computer.
Quote from dzap: No on IE. I recommend Opera. I've been considering switching to Opera since Chrome has decided to crack down on stuff like this and I can install all my Chrome extensions through Opera, as it's built on Chromium.
Alternatively if you don't want to deal with extensions at all download this. Unzip and run the installer and it should work fine in Chrome, without the Chrome extension. All I did was install Opera and boom! The camera went live.
Please, run for President. How could they sell it to the masses without it working on Internet Explorer??????????????????????????????? Quote from Behave: I am going to try the android app. Is there any security issues/settings I should be changing besides the initial log in password? Depends on you. I'm sure there's some kind of external IP/ports opened, so you can access it from when you're away from home?
Just make sure you have a log-in/password that isn't the default. Few years ago, I would just search for the right generic webcam IP/hostname into Google and mess around with people's home security systems for fun, because they used the default settings.