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What are you expecting to capture in there while you're away?
Please spec me a smart doorbell
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Same here, with it being used to check on sightings of a vulnerable missing person.
I have Ring atm, am not entirely happy with it, with subs rise and quality.
Will probably replace with Reolink.
[Official] Reolink Doorbell WiFi - Smart Video Doorbell Camera
Smart 2K+ 5MP Wi-Fi doorbell camera with clear night vision, person & package detection, easy installation, two-way audio, 24/7 recording, and waterproof rating.
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Oddly enough we had this last year.
About 2am in the morning we were woken up with someone at the door, obviously straight on the phone app to see who was there, to find two police offers at the door. I nearly carped my pants thinking the worst, but turned out a vulnerable person who lives round the corner had got in a car and drove off, the police just wanted to know which way they went.
I opened the camera app and handed the phone to officer so he could check the footage. They even followed up with another visit the following day.
We had no issue with any of that, why wouldn't anyone want to help?
To say we live in a nice area, it's quite amazing the stuff that goes off outside your front door, that cameras pick up.
In the middle of covid lock down there was a guy doing the rounds around the neighbourhood, he got nicknamed backpack guy. He walked up every drive like the paperboy with a bag on his back just trying car doors on the off chance people had forgot to lock their car doors. I had no idea this had happened until the police knocked on my door asking to check a date and time for footage.
I was amazed to find the little scrote walk up the drive and try both cars before walking off to the neighbours, this was in the early hours.
We have outside lights, so the camera records in colour at night, so we emailed the footage to the officer. They could now do a proper id, now they had the colour of his clothes, and he was caught and went back to prison, he'd only been out 2 months apparently.
Similar a few years ago happened locally a few miles from me and was shown on social media.
A few with Ring and cameras came forward and replied that they had experienced similar from the same guy.
Wasn't too much later details were sent to the police, not sure what happened after, but enough to say, he has not been a problem around here anymore.
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If it’s catching crime why would people be against it? Unless the person against it is the one committing the crime in the first place?
Baffles me.
Police can have access to anything if it reduces crime rates and/or captures the person doing it with evidence IMO.
If they want it, take it.
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Not sure if you missed it, the issue here is that they can claim, and be given without need, access to internal cameras on neighbouring properties which no relevance to the crime being committed. That is very much a step too far.
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What's wrong with Eufy? I've got one and a floodlight cam and it's a great bit of kit. Better than the Ring we had.
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Is Eufy "Security" A Complete Lie?
Eufy saying that they're private and secure has been called into question by Paul Moore, @LinusTechTips and a number of security experts and I'm concerned a...
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Not only is their security garbage but they lied at the absolute top tiers of the organisation.
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There is a thread here i made that talks about it all @bloodiedathameIs Eufy "Security" A Complete Lie?
Eufy saying that they're private and secure has been called into question by Paul Moore, @LinusTechTips and a number of security experts and I'm concerned a...
Not only is their security garbage but they lied at the absolute top tiers of the organisation.
I'm really glad you elaborated on that with your original reply to my post.
The harsh reality is, the same is true for more products than people realise. Even products which hold passwords etc, ie, LastPass. With most devices it's not a question if, but when.Is Eufy "Security" A Complete Lie?
Eufy saying that they're private and secure has been called into question by Paul Moore, @LinusTechTips and a number of security experts and I'm concerned a...
Not only is their security garbage but they lied at the absolute top tiers of the organisation.
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Oh for sure..my neighbors have some cheap LED bulbs which my HomeAssistant keeps picking up and allowing me to control.
So do Asus, people still buy their garbage. As their primary networking device!
You surely need to have some fun with that! Although don't go overboard!
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Wow
Reminds me of being a young teenager with a Casio watch that could control TV, used to go round turning people's TV's off through their living room window, or turning them up to 11.
Wow what?
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Diddnt know Asus had similar crap like eufy
Feds spank Asus with 20-year audit probe for router security blunder
: One crappy vendor down, who's next?
www.theregister.com
Sure, it's a little old (2016), but they continuously lied to their customers, told them that their routers were patched and secure for years when really they weren't, and it took the FTC to step in for Asus to finally hold their hands up. They might be better now, but they have shown a quite frankly disgusting attitude toward their customers. Even now, product support is nonexistent and they sell mesh systems with fancy advertising for north of £500 and people buy it blindly.
Like I said, this **** is everywhere. People buy cheap tat and plug it into their own personal network without a seconds hesitation or any consideration for security and customer support.
Remember the age me app doing the rounds during Covid? The endpoint where all the images and processing were done was none other than Russia. Yet people still downloaded the app without thinking, ignore and accept the privacy policy (because who reads that) and then unknowingly upload a picture of themselves, no doubt combined with tracking cookie data and the ID used to install the app... to Russia.
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