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Joe USer [recently expired TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 5:49:51 PM  
TIL, people use Wyze cameras as their primary security system.

Don't use a wifi cam as your security system, it's easy to block most of them.

Do use a Wi-Fi cam with a real alarm.
 
BunchaRubes
2023-02-07 6:08:47 PM  

Joe USer: TIL, people use Wyze cameras as their primary security system.

Don't use a wifi cam as your security system, it's easy to block most of them.

Do use a Wi-Fi cam with a real alarm.


Easy enough on 2.4Ghz, not so much on 5Ghz connections.  Last i checked, anyhow.
 
mjbok
2023-02-07 6:53:09 PM  
They still record to local storage if you have it installed.
 
freakdiablo [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 7:12:54 PM  

BunchaRubes: Joe USer: TIL, people use Wyze cameras as their primary security system.

Don't use a wifi cam as your security system, it's easy to block most of them.

Do use a Wi-Fi cam with a real alarm.

Easy enough on 2.4Ghz, not so much on 5Ghz connections.  Last i checked, anyhow.


Wyze devices are 2.4 only sadly.

But as mentioned, they can record locally, and the article mentions they'll still give audible alerts and such.  They just won't save to the cloud or send remote alerts.
 
WelldeadLink
2023-02-07 7:21:20 PM  

mjbok: They still record to local storage if you have it installed.


We won't tell you more about it, particularly that if you want to disable the local storage, look around for a shoebox-sized steel safe with "Smith & Wesson" painted on it.
 
Johnson [BareFark]
2023-02-07 7:57:05 PM  

mjbok: They still record to local storage if you have it installed.


I have 3 WYZE cams and they all have SD cards that will record for 48 hrs regardless of "cloud" availability.

My Nest cams?  Nope.
 
mjbok
2023-02-07 7:59:12 PM  

Johnson: mjbok: They still record to local storage if you have it installed.

I have 3 WYZE cams and they all have SD cards that will record for 48 hrs regardless of "cloud" availability.

My Nest cams?  Nope.


I don't pay Wyze for their services and mine all have SD cards in them.
 
valkore
2023-02-07 8:43:09 PM  
Live by the cloud, die by the cloud.
 
raygundan
2023-02-07 9:30:17 PM  

mjbok: Johnson: mjbok: They still record to local storage if you have it installed.

I have 3 WYZE cams and they all have SD cards that will record for 48 hrs regardless of "cloud" availability.

My Nest cams?  Nope.

I don't pay Wyze for their services and mine all have SD cards in them.


A handy source for free SD cards in a pinch?  Or are they inaccessible somehow?
 
mjbok
2023-02-07 9:52:41 PM  

raygundan: A handy source for free SD cards in a pinch? Or are they inaccessible somehow?


Free?  I have a just a ton of microSD cards laying around.
 
Farkenhostile
2023-02-07 10:16:04 PM  
Wyze, you pay for "security" we drop the ball!

This kind of crap shouldn't happen.
 
Joe USer [recently expired TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 10:52:11 PM  

BunchaRubes: Joe USer: TIL, people use Wyze cameras as their primary security system.

Don't use a wifi cam as your security system, it's easy to block most of them.

Do use a Wi-Fi cam with a real alarm.

Easy enough on 2.4Ghz, not so much on 5Ghz connections.  Last i checked, anyhow.


While it's more difficult on 5Ghz, if someone was determined to screw it up, they could.

Using WiFi cams to supplement a wired alarm is a much better use of resources.
 
Caelistis
2023-02-08 1:07:16 AM  
Are there any good cam systems that are either PoE, can handle a PoE injector, or Power+Ethernet that I can feed on to a local VOD server? I'm not looking for enterprise class here but something above Wyze. Ring, and Nest.
 
emtwo
2023-02-08 6:09:11 AM  

Farkenhostile: Wyze, you pay for "security" we drop the ball!

This kind of crap shouldn't happen.


It's a private home security company.
 
raygundan
2023-02-08 10:27:50 AM  

mjbok: raygundan: A handy source for free SD cards in a pinch? Or are they inaccessible somehow?

Free?  I have a just a ton of microSD cards laying around.


Sorry... I shouldn't have been so glib.  Honest question, though... what keeps people from just swiping the SD cards, either because they just want free SD cards or because they want to disable your cameras?
 
Mad_Radhu
2023-02-08 10:50:01 AM  
Luckily I just use my Wyze cameras to keep an eye on our cats when we are on vacation and they stay unplugged the rest of the time.

We do have one camera that is set up to capture our cats using their exercise wheel in the morning, though:

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Sofakinbd [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 12:09:23 PM  

Mad_Radhu: Luckily I just use my Wyze cameras to keep an eye on our cats when we are on vacation and they stay unplugged the rest of the time.

We do have one camera that is set up to capture our cats using their exercise wheel in the morning, though:

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That is very sweet!
 
mjbok
2023-02-08 5:40:49 PM  

Mad_Radhu: Luckily I just use my Wyze cameras to keep an eye on our cats when we are on vacation and they stay unplugged the rest of the time.

We do have one camera that is set up to capture our cats using their exercise wheel in the morning, though:

[Fark user image image 360x202]

[Fark user image image 360x202]


Didn't know what you meant. Some of mine aren't hidden, but not obvious
 
Mad_Radhu
2023-02-08 5:49:19 PM  

mjbok: Mad_Radhu: Luckily I just use my Wyze cameras to keep an eye on our cats when we are on vacation and they stay unplugged the rest of the time.

We do have one camera that is set up to capture our cats using their exercise wheel in the morning, though:

[Fark user image image 360x202]

[Fark user image image 360x202]

Didn't know what you meant. Some of mine aren't hidden, but not obvious


We just don't put the cameras up until we're heading on vacation because we don't want internet connected cameras turned in indoors all the time. The cat wheel is an exception because we want to see their early morning exercise routines.
 
Joe USer [recently expired TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 10:45:12 PM  

Mad_Radhu: mjbok: Mad_Radhu: Luckily I just use my Wyze cameras to keep an eye on our cats when we are on vacation and they stay unplugged the rest of the time.

We do have one camera that is set up to capture our cats using their exercise wheel in the morning, though:

[Fark user image image 360x202]

[Fark user image image 360x202]

Didn't know what you meant. Some of mine aren't hidden, but not obvious

We just don't put the cameras up until we're heading on vacation because we don't want internet connected cameras turned in indoors all the time. The cat wheel is an exception because we want to see their early morning exercise routines.


I use a smart switch on mine, no power to the camera unless the house alarm is armed away.
 
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