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Re:Ask HN: Self-hosted open source IP security cameras? by voakbasda on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:17PM (#30570192)
As an embedded engineer, I wonder if it would be possible for me to become a VAR for one of those Chinese companies, such that I could get enough of their hardware specs to do a full-featured clean room implementation of the firmware that then could be released as open source. I don’t want to make hardware, but I could build out a Yocto-based distribution. Or has someone already done this?
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Re:Ask HN: Self-hosted open source IP security cameras? by bradknowles on Saturday March 05, 2022 @02:01PM (#30570717)
I think that is basically what Wyze has done, only they haven't released their firmware.

There are open source versions of firmware for Wyze/Dahua cameras, but I believe they include major components that are just black boxes from the OEM. I don't know how much of that you would be able to reverse Engineer in a clean room.

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