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Re:Tell HN: Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and now web cams by TheAdamist on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @12:14PM (#22814236)
Yeah, the a-a cable needed is a male-male, but the wyze camera is accepting power via it in this case. The normal power for it via micro usb is disconnected.

I don't use wyze normally, not sure what the type a female port is for.

It's a hack on top of a hack that functions reasonably, and helps with supply chain issues.

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Re:Tell HN: Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and now web cams by astolarz on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @02:22PM (#22815525)
It's for attaching the hub to control other Wzye devices, like motion sensors. The hub is pretty small and fills in the indentation to be flush with the rest of the back of the camera.
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