Secure/hackability of cams on local network

[SpeedingCheetah]

There are many old redit threads about this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/wyzecam/comments/7cykgf/wyzecam_sending_data_to_servers_other_than_aws/?utm_source=BD&utm_medium=Search&utm_name=Bing&utm_content=PSR1

and this thread here:

Why is this camera reporting to China?

Let’s be clear that no one has provided any evidence of that in this thread. This thread started because someone thought a hardware address lookup of a network card manufacturer name meant the camera was reporting to China. There are threads for any actual China evidence if you have any. Let’s keep this thread about the hardware address, which is where it started.

I recall reading a statment from WYZE that stated that the connection to a china server is only for outsourced notification service support, and not anything tied to the video stream. But I can’t seem to find that at the moment.