Local storage can go bad, and it also adds cost to the camera. But the most important reason you need streaming to a DVR is that the criminal could steal the ca

Local storage can go bad, and it also adds cost to the camera. But the most important reason you need streaming to a DVR is that the criminal could steal the camera and if it’s only using local storage, now your evidence is gone. I do get the concern about general surveillance, but that’s not an argument your insurance company is going to accept.