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I like the idea of ring and other home security solutions, but I do not want companies having access like this. I'd like a service where you pay for remote sto
by Zod666 7y ago
I like the idea of ring and other home security solutions, but I do not want companies having access like this. I'd like a service where you pay for remote storage but it's encrypted and they have no access.
Are there any alternatives that would meet those requirements?
- chuckietwo 7y agoSmartvue
- SlowRobotAhead 7y ago> Smartvue I don’t understand the difference. It appears you are just trading AWS for Tyco / Johnson Controls cloud.
- alexgaribay 7y agoI don’t have specific devices but that’s Apple’s goal with HomeKit Secure Video. The video is stored in your iCloud storage and processed locally in your network on an AppleTV or other device.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y agoI LIKED the idea of Ring. Until I owned one. Turns out I don’t like staring at a camera every time I come and go. And it’s obviously intentional it’s a cloud only product for a reason, they absolutely could do local storage but the model is mining and storage. Took me about 3 days to figure out this was a bad purchase.
- stevenjohns 7y agoI don't own a Ring, nor have I used one, so perhaps I don't really understand what makes it so special. Using Home Assistant[0], you can use the motion detection found in many IP cameras to trigger various events[1]. This includes recording video or sending you notifications[2] about it so you can watch it live. If you don't have motion detection in your camera, you can buy a motion detection module for about $10. The cost of setup is the price of the camera and a machine (such as an R.Pi) to run Home Assistant on, or perhaps a Zigbee base station as well (about ~$30) depending on what you want to do. I had a fairly decent-sized setup, including sensors on every door and window, temperature/pressure/humidity sensors in every room + outside, every single lightbulb (exc. bathrooms) was RGB and network connected, as well as light and motion sensors across different parts of my house. I had wireless buttons connected that would do various things depending on how they're interacted with and an IR-emitter that I eventually used to start programming my fan and to interact with my TV. I think I spent about $200 in total on all of it. [0] https://www.home-assistant.io/ https://www.home-assistant.io/ [1] https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/camera/ https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/camera/ [2] https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/notify/ https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/notify/
- asutekku 7y agoI know this is hacker news but the fact that you don’t need to build the system yourself is the reason why it is so special. Most people want the product to work out of the box without any additional configuration.
- stevenjohns 7y agoI appreciate that. When I wrote "perhaps I don't really understand what makes it so special" I meant that insofar that I might not completely understand, and therefore might miss, the key features of Ring within the alternative solution I proposed.
- snthd 7y ago>I don't really understand what makes it so special You don't have to use YAML? :-)
- miskin 7y agoDoorbird seem to allow local-only operation.
- vermontdevil 7y agoArlo. It offers local storage.
- sixothree 7y agoJust pay for a Synology and store it yourself.