Comment by lurking_swe

Comment by lurking_swe 17 hours ago

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useful if:

- you are in a high crime area. footage can be useful to police.

- you have a babysitter or nanny for a young child, and want to deter unethical / wrongful behavior.

- you have a pet that you leave at home for parts of the day, and want to keep an eye on them. to “check in” while on the go.

- you have an elderly family member and don’t live nearby, and want to be able to quickly see if they’ve fallen. for example if they call you daily and suddenly aren’t answering their phone. Good peace of mind.

- pointing a camera at the stovetop can be useful to solve the age old question “did i forget to turn the stove off?”

- pointing a camera out the window to see something fun. For example birds, deer, squirrels, etc.

That’s just what i could think of in 2 minutes. I’m sure there are other use cases.

iszomer 2 hours ago

Outside: porch pirates and the occasional sneaky meth head; inside: basement boiler amperage and fuel capacity readouts.

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GuinansEyebrows 16 hours ago

i think practically all of these hypotheticals can be addressed without signing over your in-home privacy to a third party who doesn't consider IT security a top priority though.

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  • lurking_swe 15 hours ago

    I hear you. But for a normal consumer who’s afraid of technology? Doubt it.

    As a nerd I can easily set up some webcams on my wifi, place them on a firewalled IOT vlan, and securely expose them through the ios home app (with HomeAssistant)…and call it a day.

    But your average person has no clue how to do that, or anything similar…nor do they care. Sad but true.

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