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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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Tired of Jeff Bezos controlling your doorbell cam? I made a privacy focused one that's based on an ESP32 with local Home Assistant integration. (tristam.ie)

submitted 1 year ago by thatguy_ie@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I am all for local however my biggest issues with video doorbells tends to be the field of view, image quality and operating temperature ranges.

I live in a climate where +30C and -20C will happen at least for a few days a year and quite often I have seen doorbells just go offline below when it gets cold outside or physically degrade in the heat.

I want a highly durable device. These ESPCam devices kinda have crap optics, I want to clearly identify people in the dark.

[–] Benchamoneh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

TBH the only way I've found around this is a full CCTV solution monitoring my perimeter, the doorbell can just identifies those who come really close and push the button.

A doorbell camera should be viewed as for convenience on the door. If you want adequate security you really need to get a dedicated security focused solution.

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