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I suspect a neighbor of stealing packages. I am looking for a secure way to record my front door. Also for general safety (false alarm) (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 hour ago* (last edited 14 minutes ago) by tpyo@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Please redirect me to a better community if needed -
I'd like to be able to record through the peephole if possible. Otherwise I'm looking for something discreet that is waterproof for outside

I don't want to use ring or another unsecure platform, but I don't know what to search for to even start looking for what I need. I'm not in a position to self-host locally, at least immediately as long as it's something simple, pretty sure an rpi can handle that task but I've never played with one before. All my computer related skills have gotten very rusty

Are there privacy respecting products that work out of the box?

Edit- it was a false alarm and I feel incredibly silly but it was a good head's up. My neighbor had their package recently stolen so I was a little jumpy

Thank you for the suggestions!

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 hour ago

Unifi is local, with optional cloud. Very pricy though.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I've installed a doorbell camera from Reolink. Has a slot for an SD card for recording, motion sensing and push to your phone when something triggers, can pull up playback or live on the app through your local wifi. I think Eufy has something as well.

[–] enchanted@lemmy.world 2 points 15 minutes ago

Neither of those 2 companies are privacy respecting though.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

I am no expert by any means. We bought a couple Wyse cameras. Been 2 yrs and doing fine. Cameras are a good price. All the other feature software addons like person detection etc not so much of a good price. We just got lowest tier which fits our needs.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Plenty of network cameras, plus anything to run Frigate.

But what are you going to do once you have the video? Usually people want very obvious cameras as a deterrent, to discourage the crime in the first place. If you set the camera and catch them, are you going to confront them? File a police report that will probably do nothing?

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

OP asked for monitoring suggestions, but my first thought was to put out a fake package that simply has a note: "I'm watching you, stop or I'm going to the police". Which I guess may or may not work, but it's a start, and a warning of intent.

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 1 points 18 minutes ago

That was definitely a first thought, but alas I was mistaken. I basically jumped to conclusions and I'll reflect on that, but it was not stolen