• TheFriar@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    lol again, Wyze? This happened last year. Love that they’re downplaying it, “we’ve identified only 14 people that were affected.” They have a privacy issue. A big one.

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      10 months ago

      Man I saw the headline and I’m like, “Oh, this is old news. Why is it on here?” Then I read your comment and realized that this is actually a second breach. What a mess!

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    Using Wyze is a choice that has trade-offs and it’s up to the user to understand what those are.

    For example, if you aren’t able, or willing, to selfhost an NVR, then accept that these situations may arise and decide which video feeds are ones you’re willing to take that risk with.

    Video feeds of your backyard, are significantly different then those of your bedroom, or living areas.

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      I’ve got one on the sump pump and crawl space. China is welcome to monitor that and report anything interesting

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        Exactly. Don’t have cheap web cams pointed inside the home, and it’ll be fine. Have them outside, watching doors and gates, providing security videos of shadows and wildlife, whatever. They can still be useful tools.

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        10 months ago

        Yes, all my V2s and even a v3 was able to run Frigate on Home Assistant.

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          Hey Im just setting up Frigate, are you using a Coral board? The claims about perfomance seem nuts and I just want to know how easy it is to integrate or how necessary it is, my HA setup is a little more obscure so if I could get away without needing one that would be great

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            I have a coral Pcie card that replaced my wifi card on my tiny PC. I purchased an old HP i3 tiny computer off eBay for like 50 bucks.

            Previously, I ran my HA and frigate on a pie4. After about 2x 1080 streams, it starts to bog down.

            I wouldn’t recommend buying anything without a proper processor as you want something to be able to process those streams.

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              Think I’ll be going with the Pcie card then, I have an older Xeon 1U server, running proxmox and HA as a VM so im pretty certain I’ll have to install frigate as standalone in docker alongside proxmox, which feels weird but eh. Thanks for your response! Its been real fun delving into HA and homelab stuff

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                I too have a proxmox server(running PFsense, Mint, tailscale, and NVR backup) and I did run docker with HA, but I found that the coral was iffy when it was passing through the proxmox to docker to HA. There were so many times my coral would stop working and I would have to restart docker to get it working. It became so frequent that I had a script to reset my docker at a certain time of day. I eventually went with a HP tiny PC setup and ran hasOS on baremetal. Haven’t had a problem since.

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          10 months ago

          Do you know if the smart doorbell is the same? Received one from the in-laws for Christmas but haven’t done anything yet.

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            I left wyzes platform before the doorbell was introduced. I switched to 4k streams and they didn’t offer 4k at the time.

            I remembered there was an integration for Wyze when I used them so I imagine it is still possible.

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            10 months ago

            Have fun man. The home assistant community is strong! Message me if you need help.

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    I’m honestly impressed they are still in business. If the first time it happened didn’t kill them, the second time probably won’t either.

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    10 months ago

    This is the exact same error that chatgpt had. Caching error letting you see other users stuff.

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    Internet Of Things - where the “S” in the acronym stands for security…

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    I’ve got several Wyze cams around my house and one inside facing the main living room/kitchen area. I realize it’s an imperfect system with flaws, but at the same time that living room camera is also the reason I was able to file abuse charges against my ex wife. Not a scenario I’d want anyone to deal with, but in my case it turned out to be some of the best money I’ve ever spent.

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        To be clear you block internet access at your router. Do not trust the camera not to phone home.

        Depending on your router - this is either very difficult, or a single click but I’ve never seen it be impossible.

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        You are correct. But to be totally honest, Wyze offered an affordable cost and a low barrier to entry. It’s a tradeoff that worked out for me, but I get that it’s not the same math for everyone else.

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          There are onvif cameras (IP camera standard that lets it work with any software) that are as cheap as Wyze. Plus many have microsd so they can work without any network.

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            Again you’re completely right. I’m just saying that when it comes down to it, 99% of folks are not going to host their own system. And in my personal, specific case, I judged the rewards to heavily outweigh the risks, which ended up being correct. YMMV.

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        Out of my life, I used the video evidence to land her ass in jail and filed for divorce. She managed to claw her way out of the gutter after using crack and becoming a prostitute.

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    I am in the process of adding a couple security cameras and have been amazed that the majority of consumer brands essentially claim ownership of their customer’s video content. They block access outside of their apps, charge for access and control of that video, and then fail to secure the video content they’ve claimed. It’s another case of buying not equal owning.

    Wyse, Eufy, Ring and Next have all had breaches of various kinds. Wyse took three years to fix major vulnerabilities. TP-Link has been sued by the FTC for failing to address router and camera flaws. Ring repeatedly provided video to law enforcement without a warrant. Even Roomba vacuum’s video footage has been leaked by the company entrusted with it.

    It is clearly much more profitable to ignore breaches and vulnerabilities than to prevent them.

    Allowing any video to exit your home network and be stored by a corporation is just asking for trouble.

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      Oh, I use plenty of smart devices. I just make sure I select equipment that I can put on an isolated network without cloud access and operate through my self-hosted automation platform.

      If it requires the cloud or a dedicated app for its basic setup and operation, its not getting installed here.

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        Works great on paper till you find the official API that can be used with open assistant is for licensed technicians only so you can only connect it to your server by giving your server access to the cloud app…

        Looking at you Mitsubishi air conditioning unit with infrared scanner that is definitely not an old webcam up-cycled from some random warehouse.

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          Yeah, that’s been a problem lately. Haier also recently issued a takedown against the maintainer who published the Home Assistant integration for their brands of air conditioners and other smart appliances.

          Ford, Tesla, and several other smart device makers have similarly taken their seni-open APIs to license-only/closed source only recently.

          Which is dumb because even if they DO want to monetize that data stream by selling it to data brokers, the people they’ve affected by closing those APIs represent a small fraction of their user base. It amounts to a rounding error in the revenues.

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        That’s a very good point but could you also tell me why do you need a smart home? I don’t understand the point of it

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          Same reason a remote control is handy for a TV — convenience.

          Motion or presence sensing. Timers. Virtual buttons. Physical buttons in places I wouldn’t normally have them. Garage door opening automagically when I pull in the driveway with a specific vehicle. Etc.

          Plus I get to check in on my kitty from far away.

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            Well that’s an expected answer. Many people seem to like such stuff and find it convenient. I just don’t. Probably I’m too old to understand it lol. Though I have nothing against smart home devices that are not connected to the cloud. Just don’t fully rely on them for core stuff such as doors, fire alarms and oxygen/medication (in case you need that). You do want to be able to open the doors with a physical key in case of a power outage or a simple system malfunction

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              My day job is IT support that is in part adjacent to healthcare, and I can tell you a lot of healthcare actually relies on widgets connected via wireless and WiFi. Not just the mobile terminals they bring around for your charts, but also active elements like insulin pumps, chemo injectors, phone/intercom/paging systems, panic buttons… A lot of it runs over wireless infrastructure, WiFi and other technologies, and is handled by a central controller that might be on-prem, or might be in the cloud.

              Its a rough day for everyone when the WiFi is down or the Internet is out down in the wards

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                The pagers scare me. Thankfully it seems they aren’t used where I live at all anymore, but the classic POCSAG/FLEX pagers transfer the data in plaintext, and I’ve heard that doctors often use them for sensitive information as well. Meanwhile all you need for receiving and decoding POCSAG or FLEX is a $5 generic RTL-SDR and software like multimon-ng.

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                  I meant broadcast paging over the intercom system like “Dr. Whomever please report to pre-op,” but I agree the old beeper style pagers were a bit sketch

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              Just don’t fully rely on them for core stuff such as doors, fire alarms

              I am an alarm/automation/access control technician, and I have some bad news for you…

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                I would genuinely like to learn about how you deal with stuff like malfunctions and backup door unlock methods. But now I don’t really want to discuss much because of health issues. Hopefully you all won’t consider me a bad person who likes to argue

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                  Usually, if a building has electronic access control, it’s a requirement that the main controller or power supply be directly tied into the fire alarm with a hardwired trigger relay to drop power to all the door locks during an alarm. It may all be controllable and configurable on the cloud, but commercial equipment still has traditional redundancies like standby batteries and the like.

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          Convenience and fun. It’s not about having buttons to push, it’s about making sure things are taken care of.

          The house closes the garage and turns off the lights when I leave. The hallway dimly lights up when I get up at night to use the bathroom. When the dishwasher runs, it keeps track of how much soap is used and adds it to my grocery list when it gets low. If the dog walker comes to the front door, it unlocks for them. My interior lights can be cool white during the day and warm white at night without me doing anything. Soil moisture sensors let the system auto-water my vegetables, as well as my lawn, and at the exact time of day when it’ll be the coolest.

          I don’t necessarily need any of that, but it sure makes things easier.

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            Hmm facial recognition? A little bit unreliable of a technology I’d say. But other than that, it seems really convenient. I just prefer doing everything manually. Probably I need to delete that question. I just wanted to know people’s reasons to use smart home because I didn’t believe many of them find it useful

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              He might have given the dog walker a different key, a fob, or any number of non-facial recognition tools though.

              For instance, you can have a PIN based entry door lock that only activates certain PINs at certain times. Or an HID one setup similarly.

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          I used to live alone, and travel quite a bit for work. I started with sensors like water sensors in the sump area of my basement, window/door sensors, temperature sensors and a chincy USB web camera on the cats’ feeding area to make sure they were staying fed and watered. It was peace of mind that things were OK at home while I was away, and let me call in help if something was awry.

          After I started my family, I got tired of chasing people around to turn off lights, TVs and game systems when they were done, to turn on/off fans in the bathrooms and stuff like that. It was easier to just let the system deal with it. Couple of unsaved games getting lost later, and they got the hint.

          Eventually we had new families on the block and neighbors started having packages go missing, so i installed cameras over my front & back porches to alert for deliveries, or at least provide instant replay for where DID that package go after it was dropped off? Its been as effective a deterrent as it’s been useful to see how much traffic my front porch gets weekly. You’d be surprised how many solicitors come through sometimes.

          So while I do lights and fans and sensors and stuff, I don’t bother with things like window shades, automating coffee makers or wrangling Roombas.

          Now I’m looking into deploying a small satellite system at my mom’s condo because she lives alone and is getting older. We’ve talked about installing some PIR and mmWave presence sensors to detect activity, and also some assistance buttons in her private spaces. She doesnt want cqmeras, and she hasn’t committed to it yet but she likes the idea we can check up on her remotely without her having to give up any of her prvacy or independence to an outside party.

          So it’s about more than just geeking out and being a creature of comfort. There are practical applications in security, energy management and health/safety to consider as well.

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          Not who you asked but I have a smartish home. There is no real need. It just affords convenience and for me lands pretty squarely in “hobby” territory.

          My lights turn on prior to sunset, and turn off after I go to bed. My porch lights dim at 10pm so I don’t disturb my neighbors as much. I have additional states of lights that are predicated on various scenarios. In short, I never touch a light switch, I never walk into a dark house, and my energy usage is reduced.

          My vehicle mileage and tire pressures are reported on a dashboard for me to monitor.

          My network statistics are monitored and graphed.

          Energy usage of electronics of interest to me are monitored and graphed.

          I have a software defined radio that I’m able to use remotely. Using a smart outlet I’m able to turn it on and off remotely as well instead of leaving it on 24/7.

          Unfortunately I have a camera that is cloud based my SO uses to monitor pets. Using a smart outlet I turn it on only when we are not home.

          Some of this can be accomplished with less smart means, some of it can’t, but it’s been fun to get it all setup.

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      I have a friend who says literally every lightbulb in his house is smart. Literally everything of his is smart. I can’t do that shit. Scares me way too fuckin much.

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    No apology for Wyze’s breach, but only 1500 of the possible alerts for not-your-home were clicked on/viewed. Gotta love sensational headlines.

    Also, if you’re using a cloud-based camera for private spaces? Well, that’s kinda a decision you made for yourself.

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      I have to assume these people don’t understand it, and would care to know this and hopefully learn that decision was a bad idea.

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      Also, if you’re using a cloud-based camera for private spaces? Well, that’s kinda a decision you made for yourself.

      Not even just cloud based. I remember a decade or two ago a lot of security cameras were plugged into the regular network with enabled remote access. You could even find them through Google using specific search terms and a lot of them had either no or default logins configured. So you could basically spy into all sorts of peoples homes. If I ever were to install cameras in my home, they’d be completely separated from everything else.

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          Those are from public places, a lot of those cameras are promoted on their respective websites too since they’re purposefully open. I’m talking about private household cameras. People who were doing their everyday things in their living rooms or bedrooms, without knowing that their camera just streams live to who knows how many strangers watching them through its remote access function.