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Aldi just launched its own £16.99 rival to Ring's battery video doorbell – and it's completely subscription-free | TechRadar (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 12 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Security researcher here. I'm assuming this to be some low cost chinese easily hacked thing.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    The product page says it offers cloud storage. Though you maybe can use it offline by recording to an SD card.

    So it may not require a subscription, but it still requires an online service... which kind of misses the point that people make about these things being privacy nightmares.

    It wasn't the fee that people were worried about, it was the network video camera uploading to a cloud service which can be accessed by the secret police.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Do you have a recommendation for consumer-priced outdoor cameras/doorbells? Seems like a minefield.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I don't have input on cameras specifically, but I have gone pretty deep into trying to understand how to maximise security and interoperability in smart home stuff, through open source control.

    A starting point for the you-in-control app to use for smart devices is Home assistant. I was surprised by how easy it was to set up self hosted smart home stuff, largely because there's loads of guides that build around home assistant. So whether a particular camera works with home assistant is a good starting search filter

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