It's Time to Take Down your Smart Cameras | Benn Jordan
2026-04-02 15:16 UTC
Replies (11)
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@overkrill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-02 16:42
i had to watch several of his videos on surveillance before realizing that this is the guy who saved a .png image to a bird
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@DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2026-04-02 16:46
Security cameras keep no one secure. All they do is provide a memento of the crime after the fact. Just like locks just keep honest people honest. You show video of your truck that’s too big to fit in your garage, even if it weren’t filled with all the crap you bought on Amazon, being stolen to a cop, and the cop will say, “Yeah, nice video. Do you know the guy? No? Neither do I. Sign here.”
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@ramenshaman@lemmy.world 2026-04-02 18:39
I unplugged mine like a year ago but they’re still there physically as a deterrent, hopefully. Been wanted to try out something self-hosted.
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@Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-03 03:25
Are my cameras smart if they are in an isolated network with a dual homed assistant/frigate server? They seem smart to me, notifications, detections, stored clips to my nas.
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@SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 04:10
By the way, getting into poorly secured cameras is in no way new. The Shodan search engine was launched in 2009, and its use for finding cameras was described in 2013 at the latest.
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@Libb@piefed.social 2026-04-02 15:23
Can't take them down, as I have none... I kinda value my privacy. Not to blame anyone here, but I have a hard time understanding how this could ever be considered a _smart_ idea by anyone, even worse when it's to be used inside one's home? Edit: typo.
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@Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-02 15:57
There are some situations that having your data in the cloud makes more sense than others. Having a live video feed of your home is like one of the top worse use cases. Best one imo is steam game saves
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@Etterra@discuss.online 2026-04-02 22:49
Jokes on you I was never dumb enough to buy one in the first place.
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@NotSteve_@piefed.ca 2026-04-02 18:02
I don't have any smart cameras but I've been thinking of getting a camera for my front porch lately to deter (and possibly chase down) porch pirates. I live on a busy pedestrian street so I've had packages stolen within 10 minutes... Does anyone have a privacy respecting, preferably self hosted, camera suggestion? I'd love if it could notify me when a delivery has been made
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@PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-02 16:40
I live in a country all properties are walled by default, I have a camera pointed at my front door and one at my garage door and then other cameras inside around the house. None captures any neighbor, just a bit of my sidewalk in front of my door/garage door. Those cameras use coaxial cables connected to a DVR inside my house recording the footage on an HDD. No internet connection, no image being transported through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth... but also no encryption anywhere... how hackable are these?
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@eodur@piefed.social 2026-04-02 16:26
Mine are wired and cloudless, on a separate locked down VLAN and I still barely trust them.