I don’t have yet any preferences. Cheap, easy to set up, secure. What do you use and can recommend?

  • Convict45@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I’ve owned a bunch of Foscam cameras, a sub-brand owned by Amcrest.

    Amcrest and its Foscam sub-brand seem very interested in getting access to your cameras, have less capable and less convenient software, and the cameras themselves seem less well built than Reolink.

    I bought a half a dozen V1 Wyze cams, and at least two of them have failed. I won’t touch that brand again. I also would never have used Wyze at all except for the exploit that allowed custom firmware installation for real local access and control.

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      5 months ago

      I thought Reolink cameras were just rebranded Amcrest…or is it just the chips and lenses?

      I will be using them with Frigate so I’m not too worried about the janky software unless it affects how Frigate operates