@gcluley I use Kasa (TP-Link). It takes a SD card for 24/7 recording. Works well enough.

@gcluley An expensive solution would be something from Mobotix. There are also some chinese cameras and camera doorbells which can be used without the cloud. They write their videos via NFS and use onvif and rtsp and even VoIP for the doorbell. E.g. Hikvision or Anpviz., you just have to find the URL for their rtsp stream and don't use their cloud or apps. Many can be configured via webpage only some use proprietary windows apps.

@gcluley I went with the Dahua VTO2202F-P recommended by Intermit.Tech's Quindor in his video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbkCuT4qHbA

Using it with a HACS HomeAssistant integration that works pretty well. I'm also using Dahua's "DMSS" app that lets you monitor and interact with ppl. at the door over local Wifi (you can turn off the cloud integration in its web interface and block it from the internet entirely through your router/fw).

@gcluley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQRW0RM4V0k

@gcluley not every device -can- run an ad blocker, mind you

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I don't use ad blockers, but I use Firefox with its default security settings. This apparently causes many sites to *think* I'm running an ad blocker, based on the alerts I've been getting from them.

@gcluley #minetest needs better knowledgement on Android

@gcluley Always assume any apps you saw on any store front a malware unless proven.

@gcluley Its only Turing Complete with 9 images.

@gcluley 😂 I love this!

@gcluley That's difficult.
Benedict Cumberbatch has played Turing in "The Imitation Game".
Second row picture on the left?

@gcluley @neil Do only some Mastodon servers support 2FA? I can't seem to find the option on glasgow.social

@gcluley why on earth aren't mastodon dms end to end encrypted? Seems like a serious design failure...

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Excellent stuff. Much appreciated