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It's Time to Take Down your Smart Cameras | Benn Jordan (www.youtube.com)
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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

I unplugged mine like a year ago but they're still there physically as a deterrent, hopefully. Been wanting to try out something self-hosted.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

but they're still there physically as a deterrent, hopefull

This is a smart move

[–] femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I installed the ubiquity one since I already had the udm pro.

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ubiquiti is one of those ones I've never fully figured out, I really like their products but logging in using the ui.com account makes it seem like there's at least some aspect the relies on a cloud connection and therefore offers access from outside, maybe I just missed a setting to set everything to local login only, I dunno, don't have my Ubiquiti system up and running anymore.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

You can still log in locally. The cloud version is so you can log in anywhere.

[–] femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

I use a cloud login so I can manage mine and friends network but you can do local only. Even without Internet I can login to my stuff still when I'm at home.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

I went with a waterproof usb webcam fed through the wall and connected to a raspberry pi with motioneye

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

Frigate is great for self-hosted!

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You can buy a fake camera with a blinking red led for like $1

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My landlord has those already. They're attached to the fence and there's no wire attached to it. I feel like most criminals are aware of these and aren't fooled.

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Well you need to attach a wire to it.
Most criminals are dumb, if they're smart enough to care about cameras they'll be deterred by a fake one too.
And of course a lot of cameras don't even have wires.