It seems odd to automatically trust some surveillance equipment company to not spy on your video footage when they have that access. Not to say that these compa

It seems odd to automatically trust some surveillance equipment company to not spy on your video footage when they have that access. Not to say that these companies are all untrustworthy, but rather that it would be imprudent to assume trustworthiness by default. There are other solutions out there, like using a Raspberry Pi Zero [1] with some OSS[2]. The caveat here is that it requires a greater time investment from the consumer. 1: https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2017/04/raspberry-pi-zero-w-cctv-camera-with-motioneyeos/ https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2017/04/raspberry-pi-zero-... 2: https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/wiki https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/wiki