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I'm looking at dusting off my motion setup. It was an old setup to monitor what my pets are doing in the house with a webcam.

However, I need cameras outside to monitor my gardens and the webcams are not really usefull for that (for one, the're not waterproof and USB cams)

I try to look for stand alone cameras, but can't find a good test of them. (probably user error) Any tips on good, safe, cameras for outside? (pref poe, wifi when it can't be avoided, not battery powered)

Thanks in advance

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[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 points 5 hours ago

With the app, yes, if you enabled notifications with thumbnails. Using the app and giving cameras internet access is the issue there. Deleted data stayed longer than people expected, too.

The crappy generated URLs for camera access was eufy's fault, but thumbnails in notifications from the app I would consider a user ignorance issue personally.

That said I do not ever recommend using any manufacturer's app, or giving a camera internet access. Isolate it on a vlan, firewall it off, and use a local open source NVR that you'll access directly.