Comment on Wyze security camera owners reported that they could briefly see feeds from cameras they didn’t own

• Salix@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I believe these types of cameras are used often by the average person. I don’t believe the average person would know how to set up a VPN

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  • Damage@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Either you have the know how, or you pay someone with the know how. If you half-ass a solution with an AliExpress camera, you deserve what’s coming to you.

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    • adrian783@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      what is coming for me exactly?

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      • Misconduct@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        One of my neighbors has a completely open camera in their front yard lol. I’ve left a note on the door giving them a heads up but I guess they don’t care or don’t know what to do about it. I only know because my app is always adding their stupid camera when it “detects a new device” and I have to go in and remove it every time. So far their cOnsEQuenCeS have just been me briefly admiring their pretty garden the first time I noticed it and opened the camera to figure out who it was and warn them lol. If someone got into mine I hope they enjoy the random feral cats wandering through my ugly barren yard 🤷‍♀️

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      • Damage@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Loss of privacy

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• Kalkaline@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Anyone got a good guide for beginners here?

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  • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Prob not a beginner project, which is why people buy cloud based.

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  • Gowens@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    By the time you get everything going you will no longer be a beginner. If you’re ready for that kind of undertaking check out MactelecomNetworks on YouTube.

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  • Misconduct@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just keep in mind that you’re on lemmy and the people here tend to be very enthusiastic about things like this this may or may not be very doable or necessary for the average individual

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  • mashbooq@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tailscale (which is open source) can host an entry point for a home VPN for you. Better security would be to host it yourself, which they also have instructions on how to set up, but even having them host is a security upgrade from using standard cloud cameras.

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    • cooopsspace@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Pretty sure tailscale isn’t open source at all.

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• Psythik@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Doesn’t that require a home server that runs 24/7, or is this something I can do from my TP-Link router without having to flash custom firmware?

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  • Tayb@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you can, it’ll be in the router’s web console under something named like “VPN Server.” You’ll need a higher end router to have that function built in, though.

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  • mashbooq@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’d need to pay for an external server and domain name, but that’s generally cheaper than paying cloud subscriptions

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    • Psythik@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How is an external server any different from cloud storage, which runs on external servers? You still don’t have control over the machine.

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      • Damage@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You can run it off your router, I don’t know why he keeps shilling tailscale. I don’t know about your router specifically, but any non-low tier one should have the functionality (my 60€ mikrotik does, but it’s horrible to set up); or you could use any old raspberry pi.

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