Another notification.
He checked the app history. No one else had access. No firmware update logs. No remote connections.
Just the sound of a motor. Testing. Waiting. tapo c200 pc
He unplugged it. The USB cable was warm. Too warm.
“Great,” he muttered. “Now I can watch myself watch myself.” Another notification
He mounted it on the bookshelf facing his desk. The PC software installed in seconds— Tapo Camera Control v2.4 . A live feed bloomed on his monitor: his own tired face, mid-yawn, staring back.
It blinked.
On his PC, the last frame of the corrupted recording was still open: a single line of white text embedded in the noise.
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