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Cedar B Smith's avatar

Looking for an alternative to discord. Would love to see what you'd come up with!

Cut Off the Spigot's avatar

thanks! it's on my list for sure

Holli's avatar

A lot of my customers seem to use eufy. I’ll check it out.

Frumious Bandersnatch's avatar

Or, you know, you can just buy a plain doorbell. They do exist.

Jaye Fowler's avatar

a reminder to myself that I need to cover the Ring camera that was left behind by an old tenant.

Cut Off the Spigot's avatar

I'd completely remove it if you can - no need to keep it around!

Jaye Fowler's avatar

I'm honestly not sure if it belongs to the landlord or the previous renter. I need to ask. For now i’ll cutely cover it up with a “do not disturb” wood sign to cut off the feed. I’m not one with the surveillance state.

Elise's avatar

Thanks so much for this! I had tried to start researching but it was just too much so your breakdown is super helpful!

Cut Off the Spigot's avatar

thank you so much! it is a ton to dig into haha

Mbear's avatar

I have a Blink camera- I didn’t realize until just now that this is also an Amazon product

Cut Off the Spigot's avatar

they are sneaky!!

Teresa P's avatar

It’s not lost on me the irony of the alternatives seem to all be Chinese

As someone living in a big city who walks through neighborhoods blanketed with the cameras, my fury is that I have NO say in being captured walking by, across the street, kids playing outside, tracking our path and timing/routine. And the government and company surveillance isn’t the only problem. These camera captures are being stored and viewed by random strangers in the neighborhood including pedos, registered sex offenders, stalkers, domestic abuse offenders, and just twisted people who might find their jollies watching certain people…again, with no consent whatsoever by the passersby

The ounce of convenience has become more addictive than being willing to protect our communities

AmericanCitizen's avatar

Think we are trying to accomplish the same thing. Check out this site and let me know your thoughts. FREE ideas on how we protect us and make the Billionaires pay www.UnitedWeStand.shop

Joseph Holsten's avatar

For folks who really think they need AI detection and notifications, the local-only, open-source frigate.video software can work with many of these cameras. While their guide recommends Dahua & Hikvision, many models from Reolink & Amcrest work fine.