[Cialug] Android > Surveillance Device

[Jared Brees]

All I recall is email address + password. Perhaps a name, too. It does send a one-time code (5 digits) the first time you sign up.

Of course, for me, the bigger privacy implication would be them receiving ALL of the video they want. I don't care if they have a (unique) email+pw from me (I used the gmail username+alias when I signed up).

Currently the only permissions I've enabled are microphone and storage - Mic so I can talk via the camera's speaker, and storage so I can download videos.

I plan to order two more today, to be flashed with an alternate firmware. If someone reminds me in a couple weeks, I can report back with how it went.

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From: Cialug <cialug-bounces at cialug.org> on behalf of Hakan E. Duran <ehakanduran at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 22:20
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Android > Surveillance Device

Hi all,

Can those who are using WyzeCam provide some insight about how much
personal information is submitted at the time of set up? I bought a
webcam from amazon about 1.5 years ago and during its setup, the android
app required submission of physical street address, as well as wanted to
have permission on many aspects of my smart phone which I thought
shouldn't be necessary. Call me paranoid but as long as the software is
not opensource, we can never know what is sent to the company
headquarters by the device/app without our explicit consent. Does
WyzeCam provide any specific information about the use of user data?

Hakan

On 19/03/13 04:14, Jared Brees wrote:
> I 2nd the WyzeCam recommendation. Definitely get the microSD card for it, otherwise you will only have ~12 seconds of video until the motion stops for a bit. (so you might see a figure entering a home, but nothing after that).
>
> I've used IPCam on Android with Zoneminder, though, but I think that's overkill for this purpose.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Cialug <cialug-bounces at cialug.org> on behalf of Allen Kiddoo <adk at 52761.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 09:40
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Android > Surveillance Device
>
> Wyze V2. $25 on Amz. Easy setup, great video, mac and android apps, motion sense snaps. Can record to SD.  Me happy.
>
> > On Mar 13, 2019, at 7:55 AM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
> >
> > You could always just hide a motion sensing trail cam in the room.  For
> > less than $50, it might be a simple fast solution.
> >
> > https://www.amazon.com/Victure-Activated-Upgraded-Waterproof-Surveillance/dp/B07K53KL1G/ref=sr_1_6?hvadid=178127250640&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9017876&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=b&hvrand=16929660335502495542&hvtargid=kwd-12012965624&keywords=motion+activated+trail+camera&qid=1552481026&s=gateway&sr=8-6&tag=googhydr-20
> >
> > :) Dave
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 7:29 AM kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I've been experimenting with motionEyeOS
> >> (https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/wiki) on a couple of Raspberry
> >> Pi systems. So far, I've been pretty impressed.
> >>
> >> You could set up a few of these on Raspberry Pi Zeros and place them
> >> covertly to capture any shenanigans.
> >>
> >> This would, of course, require purchasing some hardware as motionEyeOS
> >> won't run on your android device.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 10:21 PM Todd Pierce <toddcpierce at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Crew,
> >>>
> >>> I'm back in Santa Fe, and yes, kidnapped (contracted) by a woman who may
> >> be
> >>> nuts, but there is evidence her apartment (kitchen, closet, computers,
> >>> make-up) is indeed being vandalized when she's gone.  There may be some
> >>> fact to this.
> >>>
> >>> She's got an android netbook.  My first idea was to have the netbook take
> >>> photos every once in a while to see what is going on.  But that would be
> >>> hard to sort through, fill up her disk, and I don't even know what the
> >>> right android softwre would be right for that.
> >>>
> >>> Is there any camera-able software that works from the command line such
> >>> that I may script things?  At least that way, I could only keep images
> >> that
> >>> are "different".
> >>>
> >>> More importantly, I'm interested in any creative ideas about how to
> >>> approach this one.
> >>>
> >>> Sincerely,
> >>>
> >>> -Todd
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