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I also saw a very popular security camera product called Wyze that surreptitiously sends customer information to computers outside the US. https://www.amazon.c

by yters 6y ago

I also saw a very popular security camera product called Wyze that surreptitiously sends customer information to computers outside the US. https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1GN9BTTWQZK3P/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B076H3SRXG https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1GN9BTTWQZK3P/re... https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2NX523G3R0CZ8/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B076H3SRXG https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2NX523G3R0CZ8/re...

milkytron 6y ago
Since those reviews were posted, Wyze has actually enabled support for RTSP, which would address some of the issues those reviews mentioned. I haven't tested it out myself, but it seems to be working for a lot of people. I'm not sure if it still attempts to send data back to its own mothership though.
- yters 6y ago
  How does RTSP solve the privacy problem of potentially sending user information to another country?
  - dylz 6y ago
    After initial sideloading of the new firmware (unsupported IIRC, you're on your own), you can grab the RTSP credentials and disconnect the camera entirely. It is usable as an offline IP camera after that. No cloud, just give it LAN access only. Before this there was no non-proprietary way to access.
- kelnos 6y ago
  RTSP has nothing to do with privacy. It's just another way to schlep streaming media around the internet. They may have also stopped sending data back to their own servers, but that's completely orthogonal.
wdb 6y ago
How is that different from all the products that send customer information to the US?
- yters 6y ago
  I guess maybe we USians don't want to send intel to a country that doesn't necessarily have our best interest at heart.
  - wdb 6y ago
    Well, non USians like me don’t really have a choice
    - yters 6y ago
      Yes, that's a fair point. The same concern would apply.
newhotelowner 6y ago
Wyze also downloads crap tons of something. 1 of my wyze downloaded 350 MB while uploaded 5 GB Another downloaded 2.5 GB while uploaded 150 GB - Always on RTSP.

by yters 6y ago

milkytron 6y ago

Since those reviews were posted, Wyze has actually enabled support for RTSP, which would address some of the issues those reviews mentioned. I haven't tested it out myself, but it seems to be working for a lot of people. I'm not sure if it still attempts to send data back to its own mothership though.

yters 6y ago
How does RTSP solve the privacy problem of potentially sending user information to another country?
- dylz 6y ago
  After initial sideloading of the new firmware (unsupported IIRC, you're on your own), you can grab the RTSP credentials and disconnect the camera entirely. It is usable as an offline IP camera after that. No cloud, just give it LAN access only. Before this there was no non-proprietary way to access.
kelnos 6y ago
RTSP has nothing to do with privacy. It's just another way to schlep streaming media around the internet. They may have also stopped sending data back to their own servers, but that's completely orthogonal.

wdb 6y ago

How is that different from all the products that send customer information to the US?

yters 6y ago
I guess maybe we USians don't want to send intel to a country that doesn't necessarily have our best interest at heart.
- wdb 6y ago
  Well, non USians like me don’t really have a choice
  - yters 6y ago
    Yes, that's a fair point. The same concern would apply.

newhotelowner 6y ago

Wyze also downloads crap tons of something. 1 of my wyze downloaded 350 MB while uploaded 5 GB Another downloaded 2.5 GB while uploaded 150 GB - Always on RTSP.