{
  "added_at": "2026-11-08",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/freeKC/tapo-v4-protocol/blob/9ff08ff2e7c3c813b0c3340389d16d4e78951ef2/PROTOCOL.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "hardware",
  "description_en": "Tapo V4 reconstructs the Tapo C510W camera’s local control and media protocols from Android app analysis and device probing. A byte-level specification and Python client cover SPAKE2+ login, AES-128-CCM /ds requests, media-port authentication and SD-card clip download. The author reports operation on a C510W and limited reports from other models.",
  "description_zh": "Tapo V4 通过分析 Android 应用和探测设备，重建 Tapo C510W 摄像机的本地控制及媒体协议。逐字节规格和 Python 客户端涵盖 SPAKE2+ 登录、AES-128-CCM 加密的 /ds 请求、媒体端口认证与 SD 卡片段下载。作者报告在 C510W 上运行，并收集了其他型号的有限反馈。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/tapo-v4-protocol-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tapo-v4-protocol-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/freeKC/tapo-v4-protocol/blob/9ff08ff2e7c3c813b0c3340389d16d4e78951ef2/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "tapo-v4-protocol-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/tapo-v4-protocol-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/tapo-v4-protocol-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tapo-v4-protocol-case/index.md",
  "name": "Tapo V4: reconstructing C510W local control and media protocols",
  "name_zh": "Tapo V4：重建 C510W 本地控制与媒体协议",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A Tapo camera and its account credential; the example uses requests, pycryptodome, python-dotenv and pytest.",
    "The author’s primary live tests used a C510W on firmware 1.3.4; other login variants have limited coverage.",
    "MIT."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要 Tapo 摄像机及账户凭据；示例使用 requests、pycryptodome、python-dotenv 和 pytest。",
    "作者主要在固件 1.3.4 的 C510W 上进行实机测试；其他登录变体的覆盖有限。",
    "采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "protocol"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/freeKC/tapo-v4-protocol",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}