A random post on hacker news isn't going to make a dent in TP-Link's camera marketshare positive or negative. If the GP really has bad motives they wouldn't really accomplish anything with that. But I doubt they do. I use these cams myself too. They're ok if you limit their internet access. I limit all my TP-Link stuff anyway since they suddenly removed local access for their switched power plugs in an auto firmware update.

It's not the best company but they're cheap.

> since they suddenly removed local access for their switched power plugs in an auto firmware update.

AFAIK it was because it was an unencrypted protocol and you can just manually turn it back on in device settings.