Comment on Fully working 270€ Nest Dropcam will no longer be supported.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Google is giving Dropcam owners 50% off on Nest Cams, but that was a hard pass from me.
Only 1 hour or local storage, cloud backups are not end to end encrypted, and you have to use Google’s services / app.
I ended up buying a little Aqara camera. Video can be stored locally on SD card or NAS, and if you’re in Apple’s ecosystem, it supports HSV. So E2EE cloud storage + no need for the manufacturer’s app.
june@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I really like the Aqara stuff I have now and have been looking for a good solution to replace my Xfinity home security system and hadn’t even considered them.
Do they have any outdoor cameras? My quick search didn’t find any.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They have a video doorbell, but that’s it for outside stuff. I ended up going with an Eve camera for outside and using HSV. So still remote storage, but at least it’s properly encrypted.
june@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What’s HSV? Does the Eve integrate in with HomeKit/home assistant the way Aqara does?
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 8 months ago
HomeKit Secure video.
Eve is basically HomeKit-first right now. I can’t speak for home assistant unfortunately.