Zoneminder and Frigate make it very easy to run your own security system without backdoors. It’s not hard, just takes some thought and effort to set up.
Submitted 3 weeks ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to videos@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMIwNiwQewQ&start=713s
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nbailey@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
noxypaws@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
You didn’t watch the video, did you?
one thing he discusses is that having ANY cameras, even completely local and totally under one’s own control, can be a liability for insurance claims
Technologist@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The liability of what, proving I was correct? Cause in my claims that’s what it’s done and made legal jobs much easier…
Speculater@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What I find fascinating is that he said you can just get a wireless camera that encrypts and stores to an SD card if you want a camera.
I just spent two hours looking for such a device and as far as I can tell, unless you’re looking for a 1080p spy cam, nothing exists. All security cameras either need WiFi to setup or have cellular connectivity. There are PoE wired options with DVRs, but no battery powered just sit there and record options.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Try reolink. They have a couple of options. You dont need a wifi connection. Justvan sd card. Or if you want ypu can have s/ftp setup at your pwn hpme server.
Doublenut@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I believe arlo cameras have an option to keep all recording in house. I think still connected through your wifi.
Lem453@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Not sure about encrypted storage on the SD card, never heard of that.
However, reolink can be setup with the app once then connected to a VLAN that has no internet access and connects only to home assistant. Then you access the camera with home assistant only.
Requires technical knowledge to setup, but reolink cameras work well in this setup.
Sightline@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah Reolink is good, I have 5 of their cameras blocked from the internet with their NTP server set to my solar Raspberry Pi with GPS.
M137@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Love his videos, he’s very intelligent and has such a wide range of topics that you really don’t know what the next video will be about. Well researched, well communicated, well edited etc. And he seems like a nice and cool dude.
Vupware@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
He is incredible.
artyom@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
There was never a time to put them up in the first place…
COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
If you’re not frequently home it’s nice to have a camera feed to make sure everything is okay. I use ESPHome with super cheap ESP32 camera modules personally. The ESP32 cameras have access to the local network only, reaching the internet only via my home assistant installation which I’m in control of. They don’t have any capability to record on their own and unless I’ve enabled the alarm no amount of motion can trigger them to record.
I once caught management entering my apartment unannounced while I was out of town as a result of them. I had a very angry call with the leasing office over that.
artyom@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I think its pretty clear that we’re discussing cloud-connected cameras.
Strider@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, and apologize to those that tried to convince you it’s a bad idea in the first place.