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Interesting, but how do you do that in the modern age, when you aren't allowed to have a fixed IP address or run a server at home, as is the case with most ISPs

Interesting, but how do you do that in the modern age, when you aren't allowed to have a fixed IP address or run a server at home, as is the case with most ISPs now?

kragen 2y ago
tailscale, wireguard, scp to a vps, upload to s3, save to dropbox, zerotier, ipfs, passive-mode vnc, stream to twitch with obs studio, or just upnp or configure a bastion host on your cablemodem if you aren't behind cgnat. there are probably a zillion ways i haven't thought of i mean maybe there's a packaged turnkey setup that i don't know about, too, i'm just saying diy isn't rocket surgery in this case
- shiroiushi 2y ago
  Yeah, I'm sure Suzy Homemaker can really figure that stuff out.
  - shiroiushi 2y ago
    Getting downvoted for pointing out that regular people can't figure out complicated networking workarounds and set up their own DIY internet-accessible cameras... Definitely peak HN.
    - tourmalinetaco 2y ago
      You‘re getting downvoted for making a low quality post. Not for pointing out that regular people can’t do networking.
  - kragen 2y ago
    there's a difference between 'If you want internet-accessible surveillance cameras that you can view when you're not home' and 'if a two-dimensional gender stereotype wants internet-accessible surveillance cameras that they can view when they're not at home' my friend ann was always pretty annoyed when people applied that stereotype to her, unaware that she'd written a commercially successful operating system in assembly language. and most of the things on the list are things my wife does in order to set up gaming servers on our residential cable modem connection
  - consteval 2y ago
    That was never the argument. You said it was impossible and you HAVE to buy the sketchy ass cloud camera. That's not the case. As a side note, remember that Ring for a good almost decade allowed remote stalking via their cameras. That's right, MANY people were stalked and it was completely allowed by corporate security policy. That being, any employee had any access to any camera, anywhere. There is a cost for convenience. People could do with being more technically minded. A few decades ago it was common for a run of the mill secretary to make and run SQL reports. Now people require goo goo ga ga level devices to do anything.

Interesting, but how do you do that in the modern age, when you aren't allowed to have a fixed IP address or run a server at home, as is the case with most ISPs now?

kragen 2y ago

tailscale, wireguard, scp to a vps, upload to s3, save to dropbox, zerotier, ipfs, passive-mode vnc, stream to twitch with obs studio, or just upnp or configure a bastion host on your cablemodem if you aren't behind cgnat. there are probably a zillion ways i haven't thought of i mean maybe there's a packaged turnkey setup that i don't know about, too, i'm just saying diy isn't rocket surgery in this case

shiroiushi 2y ago
Yeah, I'm sure Suzy Homemaker can really figure that stuff out.
- shiroiushi 2y ago
  Getting downvoted for pointing out that regular people can't figure out complicated networking workarounds and set up their own DIY internet-accessible cameras... Definitely peak HN.
  - tourmalinetaco 2y ago
    You‘re getting downvoted for making a low quality post. Not for pointing out that regular people can’t do networking.
- kragen 2y ago
  there's a difference between 'If you want internet-accessible surveillance cameras that you can view when you're not home' and 'if a two-dimensional gender stereotype wants internet-accessible surveillance cameras that they can view when they're not at home' my friend ann was always pretty annoyed when people applied that stereotype to her, unaware that she'd written a commercially successful operating system in assembly language. and most of the things on the list are things my wife does in order to set up gaming servers on our residential cable modem connection
- consteval 2y ago
  That was never the argument. You said it was impossible and you HAVE to buy the sketchy ass cloud camera. That's not the case. As a side note, remember that Ring for a good almost decade allowed remote stalking via their cameras. That's right, MANY people were stalked and it was completely allowed by corporate security policy. That being, any employee had any access to any camera, anywhere. There is a cost for convenience. People could do with being more technically minded. A few decades ago it was common for a run of the mill secretary to make and run SQL reports. Now people require goo goo ga ga level devices to do anything.