Wish I had never got one. In my ignorance I thought I could stream it like any other camera, just needed to know the protocol. They make one like that?
Samsung is the only one I know of that is not proprietary networked and has Foss Firmware. Avigilon and Axis both phone home (Though they’re contact is at least contract specific) and generic Chinese have tons of records of phoning home without informing users.
It’s a pretty big problem in the security industry. Camera’s are notoriously insecure unless you make them so. Air gaping with local storage is best.
There are a few options on self-hosting doorbell cameras.
Full self-hosting a Ring doorbell is a bit of a bother and you might as well go another route and have a POE security system with storage. You can’t easily divorce your Ring from the company’s control.
At least the wife is funny.
Ring is basically spyware. Anyone with the backdoor knows when you aren’t home.
Wish I had never got one. In my ignorance I thought I could stream it like any other camera, just needed to know the protocol. They make one like that?
You’re looking for reolink stuff, just about the only ones that are still real ipcams and not IoT cloud spyware
Samsung is the only one I know of that is not proprietary networked and has Foss Firmware. Avigilon and Axis both phone home (Though they’re contact is at least contract specific) and generic Chinese have tons of records of phoning home without informing users.
It’s a pretty big problem in the security industry. Camera’s are notoriously insecure unless you make them so. Air gaping with local storage is best.
There are a few options on self-hosting doorbell cameras.
Full self-hosting a Ring doorbell is a bit of a bother and you might as well go another route and have a POE security system with storage. You can’t easily divorce your Ring from the company’s control.
I like my Reolink for this purpose.
There are many of you dive in a little and are comfortable with technology.