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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But How can I see stuff remotely?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Best way would be to set up a VPN that lets you connect to your home network remotely, and set up cameras that are only connected to your LAN

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe these types of cameras are used often by the average person. I don't believe the average person would know how to set up a VPN

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Either you have the know how (or the willingness to acquire it), or you pay someone with the know how. If you half-ass a solution with an AliExpress camera, you deserve what's coming to you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

what is coming for me exactly?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One of my neighbors has a completely open camera in their front yard lol. I've left a note on the door giving them a heads up but I guess they don't care or don't know what to do about it. I only know because my app is always adding their stupid camera when it "detects a new device" and I have to go in and remove it every time. So far their cOnsEQuenCeS have just been me briefly admiring their pretty garden the first time I noticed it and opened the camera to figure out who it was and warn them lol. If someone got into mine I hope they enjoy the random feral cats wandering through my ugly barren yard 🤷‍♀️

I'd never leave any camera inside my home it would creep me out too much. I don't see what harm the cams facing the exterior entrances to my house could possibly cause.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Loss of privacy, network violations

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Doesn't that require a home server that runs 24/7, or is this something I can do from my TP-Link router without having to flash custom firmware?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If you can, it'll be in the router's web console under something named like "VPN Server." You'll need a higher end router to have that function built in, though.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You'd need to pay for an external server and domain name, but that's generally cheaper than paying cloud subscriptions. You can also use Tailscale, which can host the VPN entry infrastructure without being able to see your traffic (depending on how much you trust them).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How is an external server any different from cloud storage, which runs on external servers? You still don't have control over the machine. Why can't I just run this off my router?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You can run it off your router, I don't know why he keeps shilling tailscale. I don't know about your router specifically, but any non-low tier one should have the functionality (my 60€ mikrotik does, but it's horrible to set up); or you could use any old raspberry pi.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I have a camera connected to a raspberry pi running motioneye, remote connect to it with pitunnel, works pretty well.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't need to ffs people existed before this tech.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Do you realize how silly a thing that is to say? People existed before literally all technology. How you feel about the necessity of the invention is literally irrelevant to the conversation.