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Wyze cameras can actually be used very securely, as long as you bother to jump through some hoops. First of all, google "Wyze RTSP firmware". It's the official firmware from the vendor that enables the RTSP protocol. Now you can enable RTSP via the app and give the camera a fixed IP address in your DHCP server. RTSP is a pretty standard protocol, so you can now view the feed via VNC player, record it 24/7 via ffmpeg, use tools like motion, etc. The camera will still try to connect to cloud, but you can move it to a local-only Wi-Fi network, or outright block it from reaching the outer world on the router side. And if you want advanced stuff (multiple streams, organized recording, etc), there is a plethora of free/open-source security camera tools (iSpy for instance). It all takes time to learn and configure, but you can have your own fully closed-circuit surveillance network, while still using the Wyze's rather cheap hardware. |