Comment on Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?

rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• digger@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’ve got a few Reolinks. I have them set to record to a local SD card and have blocked outside internet so that they’re not phoning home.

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• bagsy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Put your reolink in privacy mode so it wont contact the reolink servers. Then set up Frigate to record a week of data. You dont need much space for 7 days of a couple of cameras.

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  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have their NVR and yeah, it’s all in privacy mode.

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• akilou@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I have a reolink that I use as a baby monitor. It’s on our wifi but I set up my router to prevent it from accessing the internet. So you can only access it if you’re phone is on the wifi. And it records onto an SD card.

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• ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’ve been worried about security, and therefore haven’t even researched the options. I’d like to have one, but I don’t want people able to see what’s happening without me allowing it for specific footage. Only guaranteed way was to just not have any. I could do local only, but there is less utility with that. So, it wasn’t worth the effort and cost.

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  • Funwayguy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have my reolink cameras setup on an internal network without direct internet access, but have a server running Frigate and a VPN that I can remote into from my phone. Gives me full control of where the recordings are backed up and remote access controls. This setup works for their doorbells too which is neat.

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  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    PoE, no wifi for me. The DVR is in the rack, I keep meaning to back it up to a cloud account of some sort but haven’t gotten around to it so if you break into my house and steal the NVR I won’t have a record of you being there.

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    • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I have my security alerts sent to Telegram from Frigate just so it’s in another location for that reason.

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• Xaphanos@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I have a QNAP. Free dvr software. I buy cheap rtsp-capable cameras and roll my own.

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