Rkpaxam UniFi NVM with remote access turned off. Then use a VPN to remotely access your cameras.

      9 days later

      nunyo having a look they are really expensive alternatives, but on the upside i got it working some stupid app setting hidden away

      • thmf replied to this.

          Rkpaxam You pay either with your money or with your privacy. Or both. Unfortunately, it's always been this way, nothing new.

            I don't understand why you go all the way with GOS and at the same price sacrifice your privacy with a cloud door bell.
            I use a physical door bell. Doesn't neet power nor battery and no subscription. It is a centenary old but still looks like new.

              schweizer because I work away a lot any its easyier when I get delivery's than having a note on my door advertising I'm not available.

              • thmf replied to this.

                  There are a ton of problems with a cloud doorbell such as ring.

                  • Delivery personnel only wait 15 s until they leave. When a whatsapp message is 10 s delayed (this happens all the time) you are left with 5s to react. Depending what you are doing this may not be enough. You want a doorbell to be real time. Ring is not.
                  • Ring is expensive to buy but even more expensive in subscription fees. The standard account is 99 € p.a., premium twice that amount. That adds up to a large sum.
                  • If the problem to be solved is to give instruction to the UPS or DHL guys there are better and easier ways to do so. You can tell them in advance where to drop parcels and that you don't want to sign for it. This way you don't get disturbed when you are in home office.
                  • Being a cloud service from a startup you risk that the company will discontinue the service at any time. The investment in the hardware is then lost.

                  So if you combine the above disadvantages with privacy issues there is not much left that speaks for such a system.

                  • thmf replied to this.

                    schweizer Being a cloud service from a startup you risk that the company will discontinue the service at any time.

                    Amazon bought it in 2018 (which made it a big no-no at least for me).

                      If there was an alternative, I could run through my home lab with Docker or a VM with push updates I would. I don't like Amazon and I have a fairly strict DNS block on my network for most bullshit them, Windows, Google and Crapple try and send my way.

                      However, whilst I'm wireguarded into my network, my wife is not and wouldn't understand what it was if I told her.