BZZT NOT!!! NEVER buy a system that phones home to China, NEVER!!
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I agree. It all really depends on what you really want to do with a security system. Some people really need remote access because they are often not on site but still need to see what’s going on, but I highly recommend not putting your sytem on the internet. Also, I can tell you that enabling wifi for wifi cameras are a security risk too. I once witnessed someone actively trying to hack a system through it’s wifi, and this system was not connected to any router, which means it was being done through the open wifi for the cameras.
Not that difficult to setup a vpn into your own server with your audio/video.