<div dir="ltr">Personally, I hate anything cloud connected... (Says the guy with Google Home Speakers in his house)... But there are some cameras that do not require a paid subscription.<div><br></div><div>If they have 24v doorbell power on the front and rear door, you could get away with something like a Eufy video doorbell. They are WiFi and do not require a <i>paid</i> cloud subscription and have both a battery powered unit and a 24v 'doorbell' powered unit. I have the 24v doorbell unit and it works well enough. You can view it remotely, answer visitors, and get alerts when people are detected, download clips to your phone. They also have the option of a local SD card in the doorbell camera itself, but I've not tried that, myself.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 11:59 AM CrankyOldBugger <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hey gang...</div><div><br></div><div>Someone asked me about home security cameras, i.e. which ones to buy, how do they work, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>The obvious answer (I know very little about these) is the Google Nest cameras. The person asking questions mentioned that Home Depot has a two-pack for $439. But we all know the horror stories about Nest and Ring sharing the data with whoever asks them politely.</div><div><br></div><div>If I had an extra 50-100 hours in a day, I could probably hook up something with a Raspberry Pi, but I honestly don't have the time right now. But at least that solution would be more secure.</div><div><br></div><div>Essentially, what they need is something to keep an eye on the front and back doors. It's a fairly large house. However, there is a home across the street for "special" people who have a bad habit of wandering where they shouldn't. So there is a need for security here.</div><div><br></div><div>Any suggestions?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff aka Cranky</div><div><br></div></div>
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