I couldn’t find a post in this community about cameras so I figured I’d make one. Key points:
- No “sign up” required to record video
- Video is stored locally
- Video is in a non-propriatary format
- Can work offline
- Discuss: can wireless connectivity be hardware disabled
- Discuss: can auto-update be disabled
- Discuss: does the device try to “phone home” if it is connected to wifi
- Disk encryption would be nice but I doubt that’ll be an option for anything other than self-hosted stuff
I’ve seen some cameras, like Lorex, that seem more privacy centered, but they still have streaming data. So it’s not clear how actually private it is. They might ping home about security updates, and without some real effort it’s hard to tell the difference between uploading user analytics and pinging for a security update. Infinitely better than ring doorbells, but still I’d like to know what options are out there.
I’m highly technical, so feel free to mention self hosted raspberry pi soltuions as well.
All unify systems phone home.
I was going to suggest the same. My understanding is it’s pretty secure but does phone home. The video is not uploaded and phoning home is for remote access and log in. It’s expensive, though unless you’re going to be using the other features.