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Which private (no cloud requirement) wireless home security cameras save footage locally without monthly subscription? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by StarryC@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I tried wyze and find it silly how video clips are limited to 5 seconds unless you give them money every month. I want something where the footage is saved on a local sdcard/hdd without any cloud reliance.

Even better if I don't have to be locked into using the manufacturer's app, but I'm flexible on that.

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I use TP Link C100 cameras in local network mode and a Reolink doorbell in a similar manner. Standard RTSP feeds and an internal mini web server, plus plenty of privacy controls.

Both of these products are pretty cheap considering their configurability — they do both provide the option to do the whole cloud subscription thing, but work fine for me without it. I have Home Assistant on the back end to manage live streams, but find I usually just read data off the internal SD card instead.