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To pile on, I picked up a few Wyze Cameras for $25ea, reflashed them with Dafang Hacks, and they work perfectly well for catching porch pirates and people comin
by StudentStuff 8y ago
To pile on, I picked up a few Wyze Cameras for $25ea, reflashed them with Dafang Hacks, and they work perfectly well for catching porch pirates and people coming down my block pulling every car door handle.
No cloud dependence, subscription needed or extra internet bandwidth use.
- bradknowles 8y agoYou're still dependent on binary Chinese firmware blobs that these tools are based on. Not something I consider trustworthy.
- userbinator 8y agoThe fact that they don't require a cloud/internet connection should relieve much of the worry already... and it's not as if the original firmware wasn't Chinese either.
- throwguooey 8y agoPretty sure most of the other blobs also come from China.
- chaostheory 8y ago> No cloud dependence, I own a few. I'm pretty sure you need to talk to centralized servers in order to hit your cameras, especially remotely - the time it matters most. Did I miss something?
- trashcan 8y agoThe Dafang firmware he flashed allows RTSP so they can be used as generic VOIP cameras. That functionality isn't present in the original firmware.
- StudentStuff 8y agoUmm, these cameras offer RTSP streams, not SIP. Wish they offered SIP for use of the mic and speaker though...
- trashcan 8y agoHaha, sorry. I meant IP cameras, not VOIP.