Make sure to put a cover on the peephole. There is some sort of lens or something that can allow someone outside to see through it.
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qyron@sopuli.xyz 13 hours ago
Have considered a plain old doorbel and a peep hole on the door?
Low tech, cheap, cheap to install, lasts a lifetime.
Heck, if safety is the concern, install a periscope. Yes, mirrora inside a tube, to get to see, from a distance, who is at the door.
You want footage? Photos?
Install a local camera. Like one of those that are setup by biologists to film animals in the wild. Triggered by motion sensing. Or talk with someone technically inclined and install a local system.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 11 hours ago
fonix232@fedia.io 13 hours ago
Or just use one of the hundreds of other brands that provide smart doorbells.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 12 hours ago
Honest question: what is the reason to have a doorbell of this kind?
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Tells you when a package arrived and when the neighbor stole it off your porch. Tells you someone rang the bell when not home and lets you remotely yell ant the door to door sales people.
I mean they’re useful, but I sure wouldn’t ever trust one connected to any sort of cloud.
I do have a UniFi door cam that records to a local hard drive. I like it. Ties in with my other cameras to watch my vehicle in my driveway.
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 12 hours ago
If you can see it’s a salesperson you can ignore them but answer if it’s the mailman/UPS. Get notified that a package was dropped off… or that shortly thereafter some rando walks up to said package.
Think of it as a door-peephole-at-range.
Bruncvik@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
In addition to “normal” uses, my kids got into the habit of leaving me messages on the camera when I’m in the office and they are leaving for school. I grew to love these messages.
Using Eufy with local storage. Don’t know whether anything gets stored to the cloud, but I guess data still passes through Eufy servers when I view the videos.
fonix232@fedia.io 12 hours ago
Many.
If you get deliveries and they're mishandled, you have a recording of it.
If someone comes to your door when you're not home, you can talk to them.
You can also set up local AI alerts (AI here is mostly used for facial recognition) e.g. to alert you if your MIL comes around uninvited, or if your kids sneak out at 2am, and so on.
Once you begin appreciating a home CCTV camera setup (fully local mind you), you'll see the benefit of having your doorbell video-ed up as well.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
You can also set up local AI alerts (AI here is mostly used for facial recognition) e.g. to alert you if your MIL comes around uninvited, or if your kids sneak out at 2am, and so on.
That sounds awful. I’d rather just not, and avoid that mindset altogether.
BanMe@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The idea of going back to a blind simple lock protecting my house, pets, and stuff is crazy to me - smart CCTV and an internet connected alarm system are so much better, plus there’s no “monitoring” cost like some folks pay. $40 so you can call the cops for me? No.
AA5B@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
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Not getting off the sofa. Video doorbell pops up on my watch, no matter where I happen to be, so I can immediately decide whether it can interrupt what I’m doing.
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Shut the hell up. Sometimes I turn off the chimes so I’m not bothered by yet another door to door sales drone. But I still have my watch in case whoever is at the door is legitimate
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Intercom. My kid sometimes want to tell me something without coming inside
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History. Yes, sometimes I want to scroll back through all motion trigger s in front of my door
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Wildlife. Minor feature but it is occasionally fascinating to see what animals amble in front of my door. I’m urban so it’s limited but we have turkeys and coyotes
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Codpiece@feddit.uk 12 hours ago
How else can you have the pleasure of telling Jehovah’s Witnesses to go away when you’re not at home?
qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
I was waiting for this reply!
I love those guys! Trolling them always makes my day. Asking if they are willing to help clean the house never fails to get them off my door.
rumba@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
I like to know when a package arrives, and when someone has stolen it.
Doorbell cams are just too convenient. You already have power there. There’s footage and audio.
Of course, I’m technically inclined…
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I’m more concerned about safety on my property than privacy. I use Wyze Cams. I’m fine with it.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
You can have both. I have a 360 camera set up around my house that records to a local dvr. I can remote into it when I’m not home and I’m not supporting ghoulish companies like google or Amazon.
ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 12 hours ago
Which camera and software? I self-host some stuff, but there is a “too complex” point I sometimes reach.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
The cameras I inherited from the previous owner. They’re fairly low quality analog cameras but they get the job done. They had a Night Owl Brand system but I replaced it with a reolink dvr I have on a vlan so it’s separate from the rest of my network. When I have more time I’ll probably switch over to frigate though. That’ll likely come with me buying some higher quality cameras that are digital.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
How does Wyze support Google and Amazon? I’m genuinely asking.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
My bad, I mixed up wyze with nest, which google owns. Amazon owns blink and ring. I do know wyze was founded by former Amazon employees, which is definitely not the same as their being controlled or supported by Amazon. That said, you may want to read up on some of their security breaches, which have happened multiple times.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 hours ago
You might want to consider a different brand:
“So violated”: Wyze cameras leak footage to strangers for 2nd time in 5 months
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I saw that when it happened. I’m not really bothered by the fact that a random person somewhere may have seen my driveway. If it kept happening, sure. I don’t have the wherewithal and time to set up a camera on a server, and in this day and age I feel like some sort of security camera is necessary. There’s a serious case for privacy, but not all of us have the capability or concern that the echo-chamber on Lemmy does about immaculate privacy.
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
You’ll get downvoted for having this opinion here but it’s a real take. Everyone has their own level of privacy they’re okay with and yours is a bit lower than the average user here.
If you’re okay with the potential risk, then that is your own choice, no one is forcing you.
DrMartinu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
If it doesn’t use a BNC connector I don’t trust it