Can anyone recommend a weatherproof network camera that doesn’t rely on any third party servers or a proprietary app? Bonus points if it can easily be attached to a bird feeder.
My main concerns are privacy, being able to use it when the company goes out of business, and looking at birds. Recording short clips and photos automatically when it detects a bird or motion is a plus.
I’m very technically inclined, but this would be for a nontechnical family member, so I could host Frigate (or similar) for them if necessary, but something that just connects directly to an open source app would be great.
You can trust them about this much:
https://www.theverge.com/23573362/anker-eufy-security-camera-answers-encryption
Yikes. I don’t use the website or share links, but that is a bit concerning.
Oh well… they are screwed to my house now.
I’d probably set up some firewall rules / a VLAN to isolate the cameras. I generally don’t trust any company to do the reasonable thing, and apparently, these days, we live in a world where many companies are outright malicious.
We really need more community-made, and unionized company alternatives for security cameras and many other things