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Hey everyone,

We've built an open-source, privacy-preserving alternative to Ring cameras using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W (called Secluso). It uses end-to-end encryption to send videos from the camera to a mobile app, which is available both in Google Play Store and Apple App Store. We also support Obtainium for people that do not wish to use Google Play.

We've put in a lot of effort to make it easy to set up! You can set up our camera on your own Pi in less than 5 minutes with minimal technical expertise using our easy-to-use GUI deploy tool. Here are our setup guide and open source release.

The image shows a Pi in an official Raspberry Pi enclosure that you can use for your camera. We've also been working on a HAT for the Pi to add night vision, audio, temperature monitoring for safety, all in a compact form factor. You can see the HAT and an enclosure for the whole camera in the photo.

We've been working on this for almost 2 years now, and we look forward to we look forward to seeing what you all think!

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[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (26 children)

GitHub content, profit website, automatic over air updates, content like “Earn $5 in Secluso credit for every qualifying referred pre-order.”

Just sounds like not actually secure marketing itself as super secure.

I could dig more, but i don’t care much.

Edit: also how super fast they commented on your comment with a copy paste answer. Or just a bot

[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 9 points 23 hours ago (14 children)

I think they're just a privacy-focused startup that just wants to make a living off their work

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -4 points 23 hours ago (7 children)

Additional comment,

Caligra.com

A computer that has its own Linux distro that does work but it clearly a demo.

Been taking $99 preorders for… two years?

Secluso will be taking “preorders” this month. Wanna bet how many years before it launches its hardware?

[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

You don't have to pre-order, just wait until it's released and buy it then. And in this case you can get a raspi and test the product for yourself, so why spread FUD?

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

this reply adds nothing. Please explain your position

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