@Pete-S said in Home Security Systems using WyzeCam and PoE Splitters:

There are so many real surveillance cameras for little money that are made for the purpose already. For instance this outdoor model for less than $30:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hikvision-DS-2CE16D0T-IRF-HD-1080P-IR-20m-IP66-2MP-Bullet-camera-outdoor/264073885252

To get real coverage you need different lenses in different applications and indoor and outdoor options as well. Installing cameras, wiring it all up and installing software and having storage, backups etc and keeping everything running is too much work to save a few bucks.

The hikvision cameras apparently are utter crap and worth avoiding.

I've not used them, but the price and features seem awfully good.

@ambarishrh said in Looking for indoor & outdoor camera:

Vendor asked for building layout amd size so that he can get the right model

I wouldn't mind AMD things, but I think that was supposed to be an and.

Why is a vendor specifying the equipment that's being purchased? Please don't make us put this in the "Burned by eschewing best practices" thread!

@scottalanmiller said:

@IRJ said:

@Breffni-Potter said:

@IRJ said:

Good thing the NSA has stopped dozens of terrorist attacks...oh wait they haven't stopped a single one.

Can you prove that they have not? 🙂

If the NSA ever stopped anything they would be gloating about it to justify their exsistence. As discussed before, even if they saved 50 lives a year it still isn't worth the invasion of privacy. More people die from hornets and wasps every year.

I wonder how many people die every year commuting to work at the NSA, of stress caused by the NSA, actually killed by the NSA, due to trying to hide from the NSA, etc.

More than the NSA has saved, that's for sure.

@MattSpeller said:

@g.jacobse https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/10622

oh,god.jeeze..dizzy now..
(slumps on floor)