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    Should I unplug my Kuna? Or can it be secured?

    I installed a Kuna exterior light before I knew anything about network security. Kuna is like Ring, allowing you to watch live video through your phone, serving as an intercom, etc. To set it up, you provide access to your Wi-Fi network, and it takes it from there. It's features are great, and...
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    Midnight alarm sirens? How do you maintain always available camera feed after lights out?

    If my alarm tripped in the middle of the night, and there wasn't instant access to my cameras, I wouldn't know if there was a genuine threat, or if a shovel fell over in the garage. My planned solution is to create a Blue Iris/PC/Dahua system, built from what I'm learning in this forum, and...
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    My Security Video Sent a Home Invader to Prison

    Note: Barring this one lucky incident, my current cameras are not very helpful (beyond 20 feet) in the day, and worse at night. A few years back I bought my off-the-shelf security camera system, nothing special, and maybe six weeks later the police informed me there had been a break-in next...
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    Caught a prowler on video and I'm looking to upgrade my cameras

    A couple of weeks ago I caught this guy on video in the middle of the night. The video is useless, but he did leave when he saw the camera, and he didn't steal the bike (forgotten outside on a fluke) that he was apparently after. He ignored my motion activated floodlight, which was interesting...
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    Insuring Camera Destruction During Theft

    If one of my cameras is stolen, I want to insure that the thief won't bother to steal from me again by forcing him to damage or ruin the camera as he steals it. In this scenario, assume the thief would only have exterior access, and would spend at most five minutes, because perimeter sirens...
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