PeterGo
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Is Sonoff camera a good choice for home security? Just looking for a trustworthy camera.
Sonoff camera?
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SpacemanSpiff
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How do you feel about paying a monthly subscription to record more than a memory cards' worth of footage?
No camera is good for home security. They are surveillance cameras.
Home security system with door and window sensors and sirens, etc. are security systems.
Trustworthy camera and wifi cannot be used in the same sentence LOL.
No camera with built-in wifi is trustworthy.
Wifi cameras connected to Wifi routers are problematic for surveillance cameras because they are always streaming and passing data. And the data demands go up with motion and then you lose signal. A lost packet and it has to resend. It can bring the whole network down if trying to send cameras through a wifi router. At the very least it can slow down your system. And then any distance will slow the speed even more.
Unlike Netflix and other streaming services that buffer a movie, these cameras do not buffer up part of the video, so drop outs are frequent. You would be amazed how much streaming services buffer - don't believe me, start watching something and unplug your router and watch how much longer you can watch NetFlix before it freezes - mine goes 45 seconds. Now do the same with a wifi camera and it is fairly instantaneous (within the latency of the stream itself)...
The same issue applies even with the hard-wired cameras trying to send all this non-buffer video stream through a router. Most consumer grade wifi routers are not designed to pass the constant video stream data of cameras, and since they do not buffer, you get these issues. The consumer routers are just not designed for this kind of traffic, even a GB speed router.
And that doesn't even touch on the security risk posed by allowing a camera to have access to the internet. Ironically surveillance cameras are notoriously unsecure and are easy targets for bot attacks. No they do not care about seeing your cameras, they use it as a way to DDoS attack servers. Or they may also creep in on you in your undies and steal your bank info.
Consumer grade cams, the kind you find in a big box stores are notorious for not being able to perform at night, nor are they secure. Average Joe and Jane want simple over security - it is easier to scan a QR code than to setup a secure platform. Companies know that and exploit that easy option. And that comes at a cost of poor night time video quality. And when are the bad guys usually out - at night....
Home security system with door and window sensors and sirens, etc. are security systems.
Trustworthy camera and wifi cannot be used in the same sentence LOL.
No camera with built-in wifi is trustworthy.
Wifi cameras connected to Wifi routers are problematic for surveillance cameras because they are always streaming and passing data. And the data demands go up with motion and then you lose signal. A lost packet and it has to resend. It can bring the whole network down if trying to send cameras through a wifi router. At the very least it can slow down your system. And then any distance will slow the speed even more.
Unlike Netflix and other streaming services that buffer a movie, these cameras do not buffer up part of the video, so drop outs are frequent. You would be amazed how much streaming services buffer - don't believe me, start watching something and unplug your router and watch how much longer you can watch NetFlix before it freezes - mine goes 45 seconds. Now do the same with a wifi camera and it is fairly instantaneous (within the latency of the stream itself)...
The same issue applies even with the hard-wired cameras trying to send all this non-buffer video stream through a router. Most consumer grade wifi routers are not designed to pass the constant video stream data of cameras, and since they do not buffer, you get these issues. The consumer routers are just not designed for this kind of traffic, even a GB speed router.
And that doesn't even touch on the security risk posed by allowing a camera to have access to the internet. Ironically surveillance cameras are notoriously unsecure and are easy targets for bot attacks. No they do not care about seeing your cameras, they use it as a way to DDoS attack servers. Or they may also creep in on you in your undies and steal your bank info.
Consumer grade cams, the kind you find in a big box stores are notorious for not being able to perform at night, nor are they secure. Average Joe and Jane want simple over security - it is easier to scan a QR code than to setup a secure platform. Companies know that and exploit that easy option. And that comes at a cost of poor night time video quality. And when are the bad guys usually out - at night....