TP-Link (which are cheap but so unreliable I had to add smart switches to reset them when they stop working), Foscam and Dahua. Duhua is by far the best. All of them record to a local server running Home Assistant and Frigate.

Not always the case. Some cameras require a proprietary app for set up but can then be set to stream to a local server. Internet access can then be completely blocked with router settings.

The problem isn’t that it’s being sent to the cloud, the problem is that it’s not being encrypted and Amazon is doing whatever they fuck they want with it, including giving it to law enforcement without a warrant.

My cameras have local network access only. Most people who are tech savvy enough to set up their own storage are also able to block Internet access for security cameras.

But another big concern for externally mounted cameras with microsd cards is the confiscation of those cards. They are are very easy to remove, often without tools and I don’t believe for a minute that the fact that a warrant is required would make police actually get one before taking the card.

Another victory for Trump’s fascist regime.

It is never a good idea to trust corporations with anything if it can be avoided. Almost by definition corporations put profit above all else, and many are perfectly willing to engage in blatantly illegal actions if it’s profitable.

Amazon being trusted with video footage from inside and outside of people’s homes was bound to lead to a surveillance nightmare at some point.

Crime rates have dropped since their peak in the early 90s

At least partly due to the ban on lead additives in gasoline.

I’ve disabled Google’s Play Protect after it deleted multiple apps I rarely use and all their settings and being forced to spend hours configuring them again. I know I can manually change individual app settings to prevent that from happening, but given all the years Google’s been spreading malware why trust them? The fact Google regularly distributes malware and then wants permission to scan my phone for malware is laughable.

I avoid apps from the Google store because they can be downright dangerous, but I have few worries about that “dangerous” third party F-droid store.

If a organization with a tiny fraction of Google’s resources can detect these extensions Google can too. There is only one reason malware extensions and Android apps are being distributed by Google - they make more money distributing malware than they would if they detected and blocked it.

And these assholes pretend they are blocking app stores like F-Droid (which has never had a malware distribution problem) for “our protection.”

Sometimes?

I think it’s simpler than that and just is down to the impact on the next quarter’s profits.

I wonder how many trillions of dollars the Trump dumpster fire will end up costing American business.

You’d think our corporate overlords would remove him.

With liberty and justice for all.

Most doctors make terrible doctors.

Heads are already exploding.

I was not referring to smart shuffle.

“Comfortably”? A 10% margin is considered a landslide. Martinez won by 24 points.

Blatant political bias by Newsweek.

basically just full of ads disguised as recommendations

Sell ad-free subscription. Include advertising anyway but make up another name. PROFIT!

I haven’t tried to set it up, but It looks like Tidal Connect is alive again and there are several ways to use on Linux, including WINE. When my Spotify subscription runs out I’m going to give it a try.

I looked at a tital a year or so ago and it wouldn’t work for me. Will look again, maybe they’ve improved it.