I don’t think invasive data collection via black boxes is the way to go. I’d say better driver education, speed traps, and better education for civil servants (such as traffic cops) might be a better solution.

Additional data about your driving behavior is also collected, completely unrelated to cameras. In fact, this data is the majority.

There certainly would be a market for a network camera ecosystem provided by a company that people can trust. I don’t think it has to be all or nothing, plenty of people really are in no position to self-host.

I’m not sure if there is anything out there that regular consumers currently could migrate to in case they want to get away from questionable companies. There are completely local systems (local recorder, no remote access), but those are lacking the home automation features / notifications, and well-respected brands that have been around (let’s say, Axis?) that are still closed source, not cross-platform and with pricing often not aimed at end customers.

I didn’t check out this project, so I’m certainly not saying this is it and there habe been various criticism of this particular project here, but I’d love if a decent project would emerge in the space.

Would you consider using a managed cloud solution + app if it’s open-source and properly end-to-end encrypted? How would a hypothetical company have to behave to be trustworthy, while still being allowed to profit? People here seem to like e. g. tuta.io for encrypted mail, I don’t see why a similar model could not work for network cameras.

These are genuine questions btw., I myself am really annoyed at the status quo with its data breaches, blatant lies to customers about encryption, and corporations willfully cooperating with fascist governments by proactively providing video data. I’m not even going to talk about AI training.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rüdesheim_am_Rhein_and_the_Rhine_river.jpg

So apparently, this is near Ruedesheim.

I’d probably set up some firewall rules / a VLAN to isolate the cameras. I generally don’t trust any company to do the reasonable thing, and apparently, these days, we live in a world where many companies are outright malicious.

You can trust them about this much:

https://www.theverge.com/23573362/anker-eufy-security-camera-answers-encryption

No, they’re right. Pizzacake does have a very explicit OnlyFans.

I actually think Reddot does not, even though their comic strips feature more sexual topics overall.

Have you looked at some of their new, esoteric models? You might get along with those better.

Honestly, I stopped caring. They’re so goddamn comfortable, I can wear them outside in the dirt and simply wash them, I love the things.

Wait, there is an audio book version of this?

I’m really glad that it works, and please don’t take this the wrong way… but the solder joints look awful.

The only reason I’m saying this is because I suspect that after repeated use, they might fail and you will have to redo them. Maybe redo them now?

May I ask what your soldering technique is? Did you by any chance try to apply the solder to the iron and then struggle to apply that to the pins? This is a common misconception among beginners, hence me asking - you’re supposed to heat the pins with the iron and then apply solder to the heated pins, where it will flow into place. Also, applying flux beforehand will help with that.

Would you do this mainly because you want to figure out if you can, or mostly due to the 40€ price difference?

Still, would you really want that? A half-baked device in your network, a device you suspect would constantly betray you, if given the chance?

I personally can’t imagine getting used to that. I’d despise the device (and myself probably).

Also, let’s not forget gamebooks.

Super cool. Any estimate on how long it took them?