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That's hardwired for power (from the doorbell transformer) not for networking, though at least it does store "up to an hour" of video offline locally. I have a
by blacksmith_tb 4y ago
That's hardwired for power (from the doorbell transformer) not for networking, though at least it does store "up to an hour" of video offline locally. I have a cheap but totally unreliable Wyze doorbell, which also is wired in for power, but has no local storage (unlike the Wyze cams, which record to sdhc along with the cloud).
- dylan604 4y agoHow does that locally stored 1 hour of video help if the doorbell camera is removed by the miscreant?
- londons_explore 4y agoWell if they drive past a McDonald's or other open WiFi, presumably it'll get uploaded then right...?
- dylan604 4y agoHow fast is the McDonald's wifi or how slowly does one have to drive past to get a 1 hour video uploaded? Sure, it's MP4 compressed, but still 1 hour at 1Mbps is still a 3GB file. I haven't been to MickD's in a really long time, but do they have free/open wifi with no captive portals? Seems like a big liability risk for a corp their size (or any fast food chain) to have it wide open.
- giantg2 4y agoAn hour of video will take a long time. I know some Arby's are semi open wifi. They do have a web client after connecting that I think authenticates you somehow. But I have no idea what it's actually doing.
- nkozyra 4y agoThere's no way these devices are connecting automatically to any open WiFi though. That would be a way larger security risk.
- aaaaaaaaaaab 4y agoLOL! Yes, and they also automatically accept the terms & conditions on the McDonalds captive portal with Jeff Bezos’s email address.