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Local memory on video doorbells is an equally hilarious problem as the one in OP. As my dad pointed out when I was trying to show off my shiny new video doorbe
by alias_neo 4y ago
Local memory on video doorbells is an equally hilarious problem as the one in OP.
As my dad pointed out when I was trying to show off my shiny new video doorbell.
"What's to stop them just ripping it off the wall and taking it with them?"
I hope to be half skilled at tempering my children's enthusiasm as he is.
- giantg2 4y agoTo be fair, I feel like these things aren't real security devices. They're better rhan nothing, but highly vulnerable to any number of attacks, privacy issues, etc. These are convience devices sold to make people feel safer.
- alias_neo 4y agoAbsolutely; they are not. I didn't get one to use as a security device, in fact my requirement was probably not very typical, but; I can't hear my doorbell from my home office, and I wanted a "connected" doorbell which doesn't have to have a cloud connection so went for the AD410. I have Home Assistant set up to flash my desk lamp and play a little tune on an ESP32 speaker under my desk when someone rings it; the video part is just an added bonus.
- giantg2 4y agoNice!
- jcynix 4y agoBesides ripping them off, a spray can might do "wonders" to the video quality. Yes, you might have a video clip of the spraying, but if a cloaked perpetrator does it …
- alias_neo 4y agoIndeed. A doorbell camera is really not a security device, I don't have one for that purpose, nor should anyone else; I real security device needs to be out of reach and hard wired.
- squarefoot 4y agoTrue. A decent secure implementation, beside ditching wireless which is step 0, would imply more cameras facing each other and their surroundings, plus other areas in which the thieves don't expect to be watched and could either travel in their own cars or with the hood off.