Gregory's ServerWhat's the least creepy home surveillance system? We do want cloud integration to be notified about activity (without constantly having to tunnel through my home network), but we also don't want the Chinese government spying on us. Does such a thing exist, and what's the price?
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@mvyrmnd I'm using Tailscale with my home assistant setup, but I don't really want to be tethered to it when on vacation to use the "smart" features like alerts. That said, if there's a local system with good UX and easy setup, I'd consider it.  @garritfra if you used a Synology NAS It has apps that do all the things - you could send that to the internet directly or via Synology services or Tailscale, whatever you like  @garritfra you'll probably have to build that yourself. One way to start would be a standalone NVR box with a few cameras and then add notifications to it, either self-hosted or through a privacy-friendly service. If you don't want to build the NVR yourself you could have a look at the Linux-based offerings on the market and start hacking into it. |
@garritfra mild compromise? Local camera system + Tailscale? The tunneling bit will be nicer at least