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Can't take them down, as I have none... I kinda value my privacy.
Not to blame anyone here, but I have a hard time understanding how this could ever be considered a smart idea by anyone, even worse when it's to be used inside one's home?
Edit: typo.
The video shows that even security cameras by companies like ADT will spy on you. Apparently 2/3 of US households have outdoor security cameras, and 1/3 have internal security cameras.
Most people probably don't know how to set up their own secure entirely local security camera setup, so they just hire it done, which almost always means connecting it to a corporate cloud.
As someone starting to live offgrid sometimes I'm interested in setting up outdoor cameras for security, would you point me in a direction to how to do a local security camera setup so it won't connect to a corporate cloud?
Hardware Haven made a great video on how to make a local self-hosted security system. That should be a good source to get you started :)