Post #2795049

2026-01-19 08:42 UTC

Please do not buy Ring cameras, Amazons vast surveillance network is a privacy nightmare and is also regularly accessed by ICE and other law enforcement. Eufy cameras can be used with a home base and stay offline, recording to the SD card in the base. Or if you're into it, there are many self hosting options that give you much more control and options.

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@MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2026-01-19 08:54

This. This. A thousand times a thousand times, yes. Nobody should be blindly trusting their safety to Amazon, one of the worst abusers of trust and privacy. (Plus they're the most common hardware... Guess what's getting targeted for mass exploits?) Almost anything is better than giving Amazon access to your home.

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@teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2026-01-19 18:25

Eufy doesn't have a good track record for keeping things local or secure, despite claiming they are, btw. [Source](https://www.cnet.com/home/security/eufy-cameras-caught-sending-local-only-data-to-cloud-servers/)

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@fizzle@quokk.au 2026-01-19 10:05

Fair. I have a frigate set up myself, I just said the first thing that came to mind.

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@ripcord@lemmy.world 2026-01-19 12:19

One day i will replace Echos with something better (still waiting for the Home Assistant devices to catch up). Until then, what doorbell camera A) has a battery option (rewiring isn't currently an option) and B) will trigger Echo chimes when rung (really really handy when on the back porch or basement), C) are end-to-end encrypted (Eufys are NOT) without the manufacturer able to access the stream.when they choose

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