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It's Time to Take Down your Smart Cameras | Benn Jordan (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 days ago by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 9 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I don't have any smart cameras but I've been thinking of getting a camera for my front porch lately to deter (and possibly chase down) porch pirates. I live on a busy pedestrian street so I've had packages stolen within 10 minutes...

Does anyone have a privacy respecting, preferably self hosted, camera suggestion? I'd love if it could notify me when a delivery has been made

[–] parzival@lemmy.org 5 points 3 days ago

Home assistant can use basically any device with a camera, if you have an old phone or smth

[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I use a Raspberry Pi with two external usb cameras running MotionEyeOS. It’s easy to flash to a micro SD and I got a waterproof box to keep the pie dry.

[–] CPMSP@midwest.social 4 points 3 days ago

I've been very happy with Reolink so far - it works with Home Assistant so can be (is) self hosted through with a server as well as the onboard SD card.

[–] lama@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah look at https://frigate.video/ for the software and the look at the cameras they recommended. I believe reolink cameras which are kept from accessing the Internet are one of the recommended approaches.

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

Some people have a box for packages for that.
I'm also a fan of putting a fake package out full of dog shit... Just put a fake address on it and they won't remember where it came from.
I think think might be illegal...
Or you could put a package with a tracker in it.