Re:The privacy loophole in your doorbell
by varenc on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @03:44PM
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If you want a really simple, dumb, and cheap local storage camera check out Wyze. By "simple" I don't mean "hacker news simple" but actual "normal people simple". Just be sure to disable the cloud upload option after installing an SD card: https://www.wyze.com/products/wyze-cam
The cameras are nothing special, but great for the price point. They support locally writing all video or just motion to an installed SD card. By default they'll upload 10 seconds of motion to the cloud but you can disable that. Or to be really sure, after setting up the SD card you can deprive it of internet access (block it or remove the wifi SSID you used for setup), and then you can be very confident it's not uploading anything. With this approach you'll need to physically take out the SD card to access the video.
There's certainly better local storage options out there. But for a single camera it's a pretty dead simple local storage setup.
The cameras are nothing special, but great for the price point. They support locally writing all video or just motion to an installed SD card. By default they'll upload 10 seconds of motion to the cloud but you can disable that. Or to be really sure, after setting up the SD card you can deprive it of internet access (block it or remove the wifi SSID you used for setup), and then you can be very confident it's not uploading anything. With this approach you'll need to physically take out the SD card to access the video.
There's certainly better local storage options out there. But for a single camera it's a pretty dead simple local storage setup.