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submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

Care to elaborate?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I struggled for years trying to find a way to set up door cameras that were secure enough that I can check in remotely. Around 2015, I finally had a solution.

I ended up spending a couple hundred dollars on a wired camera Setup from 2000s that streams to a old desktop. Then spend a couple hundred dollars on a network and software that I can dial in to view the desktop remotely. I also bought a VPN to dial in. Probably about $2k, which is chump change compared to corporation setups.

After three years and constant maintenance at roughly 10 hours a week, I gave up.

Then around 2020, i bought a Eufycam and setup, plugged it in and was up and running without any maintenance for like $200. They got a major security leak a year or two ago. Kinda sucked.

But damn, the tradeoff is so painful. Either strong secure network that costs a lot (time and money), or a insecure off-the-shelf solution that just works.

All this for the convenience of being able to see the mailman walk up to my door.