> Uh, actively trying to hack an embedded device that runs Linux over the network, specifically an IP security camera, could be considered red teaming, no?

No. Vendors (and their model guardrails) do, indeed, treat those as separate from pentesting non-embedded infrastructure, and that is because they are very different activities.

And, if you actually read my comment, it says "red team my own computers". That's categorically different from pentesting an IP camera.

> You never mentioned which exact activities you were getting flagged on and getting refused.

Because further details than those I've provided aren't relevant, and it's clearly different from what you're doing.

Your experience isn't relevant to my situation.