I have a Ring doorbell and security system. It works great and is reliable. Added a few el cheapo cameras...both wireless with a solar panel and wired. All works great. The hype nonsense about thieves using hacks is utter click bait BS. $200/year for Ring monitoring is just fine. Anyone getting past the Ring system when we're home won't have the chance to regret they did.
Ring camera/ doorbell— happy to have
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No, it's all cloud-based.
Well, to be transparent, The Federal Government wasnt click bait. Im sure it's been properly dealt with now, hopefully under control.
But it was truth, not clickbait and not hackers but were Ring employee's and contractors.
"According to the complaint, these failures amounted to egregious violations of users’ privacy. For example, one employee over several months viewed thousands of video recordings belonging to female users of Ring cameras that surveilled intimate spaces in their homes such as their bathrooms or bedrooms. The employee wasn’t stopped until another employee discovered the misconduct. Even after Ring imposed restrictions on who could access customers’ videos, the company wasn’t able to determine how many other employees inappropriately accessed private videos because Ring failed to implement basic measures to monitor and detect employees’ video access."
Source - https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/new...mers-failed-stop-hackers-taking-control-users
I just scrolled back to 6/3/26 in our 'history' on the app and could keep going farther. I don't remember how long they say they store it or what we have access to based on our subscription.
If you recall the mother of the morning talk show lady that went missing (can't recall her name). She had a Google Nest camera but no subscription, so in theory, NO STORAGE. She could only check it "live". Well, as part of the investigation, the FBI or some law enforcement agency contacted Google for help and they provided video going back multiple days. This requires a hard-wired doorbell though, which ours isn't. It only records when triggered by motion.
We have a Vivint system and like it quite a bit. Installed it after a dog bite incident with old neighbors. We have multiple cameras and it uses WiFi and cellular connection. Highly recommend it.
This is true. But there are many ways to disable cameras. Most thieves are not that smart. However, with that said you’re 100% correct.
Just about every commercial building has a DVR somewhere on the premises and not cloud storage.
Having been in the industry, a thief could pull a hoodie over their head and shut off power to the house, or cut the cable outside the house and you have no more cloud storage.
A solar camera with its own SD card will keep recording.
The key is if it’s an option, mount it high enough outside the house where it would need a ladder.
Doorbell cameras are another story and should not be relied upon as the only source of security footage, that goes for both local storage and cloud storage. All you have to do is walk up to the doorbell without showing your face and throw something over it or rip it it off the wall. Happens every day. Doorbell cameras of any type should be more of a useful aid than serious security if one is that concerned. The ideal situation is to add an outdoor solar camera or any other kind of camera to the front and rear of the home
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For about $100/year - they archive every video that triggers the system.
E.G. Our Virginia Beach neighbor’s car was stolen a couple of years ago - we were able to send them video.
They were able to see the perps, the car that the perps arrived in (the angle didn’t allow reading the plate) and precisely when it happened. Useful for their insurance, not to mention the police.
Our new house has Vivint. Seems to work equally well. High res video archived when triggered. The ability to speak through the camera when using the app.
Cameras with very high resolution continue to come down in cost. Likley in the future, videos of crimes that todays cameras do not capture enough detail of a perp's face or license plate, will be able to zoom in and maintain enough detail to be usable.
Many cameras now days just are not there yet re that kind of high resolution, but price vs resolution and other image quality keeps improving with time.
Many cameras now days just are not there yet re that kind of high resolution, but price vs resolution and other image quality keeps improving with time.
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