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- privacy@lemmy.ml
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- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
- technology@lemmy.world
Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homes::Wyze said that 13,000 customers were affected by a security breach that let people briefly see into strangers’ homes.
I never understood having security cameras inside of the house. I feel like that doesn’t do anything to deter a break in because the would be buglers don’t know about it until they’re inside. And security footage doesn’t do a lot to catch criminals, it can help ID someone once caught but if they wear a mask/ don’t look at the camera/are moving fast it’s kind of useless. And if it’s connected to the Internet there is always a chance it gets hacked.
Wyze seems to heavily target outdoor use cases. Their base camera is weather resistant, they sell a lot of doorbells and flood lights.
Wyze cameras have spotlights and sirens on them. Those should be enough to deter most burglers.
I guess in that case, put the camera outside (visual deterrent), and use a motion detector/light/alarm system inside. The camera aspect inside doesn’t seem to help.
The exception being those who aren’t able to or allowed to place cameras outside I guess, but even then you should probably point it at the door
I have one to watch my kitties.
This. No way would I recommend for most rooms in my home but we use them when gone for a day or two to keep an eye on our cats food bowls and litter box.
If someone wants to hack in and watch my cat take a poo be my guest. She has no shame.
Yeah.
I actually like Wyze (although, their monetization model means I am like 70% of the way to switching to a frigate setup) and feel there is a lot of value in having an easy no effort way to upload external footage to an offsite location (had an attempted break-in where the asshole actually saw the camera, ripped it off its mount, and chucked it a few years over).
For internal? I do have a few wyze cameras set up just so I can check in on my cat when I am gone for more than a few hours. I also have those connected to smart plugs so they only get power when I want them to (because I don’t trust anything that lets me remotely enable or disable a device). If I am home, they are off. If I am gone, they may be on. means that someone might get footage of my cute little booger scratching up my office chair but they won’t have footage of me walking around with my schlong hanging out.