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More Police Are Using Your Cameras for Video Evidence (www.themarshallproject.org)

submitted 10 months ago by gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Private security footage is nothing new to criminal investigations, but two factors are rapidly changing the landscape: huge growth in the number of devices with cameras, and the fact that footage usually lands in a cloud server, rather than on a tape.

When a third party maintains the footage on the cloud, it gives police the ability to seek the images directly from the storage company, rather than from the resident or business owner who controls the recording device. In 2022, the Ring security company, owned by Amazon, admitted that it had provided audio and video from customer doorbells to police without user consent at least 11 times. The company cited “exigent circumstances.”

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240116132800/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/01/13/police-video-surveillance-california

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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Do you have particular recommendations? I somehow landed on Reolink as the option I'm going to buy in a few months

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you want something easy but not necessarily the cheapest, UniFi will do.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I like UniFi but they aren't inexpensive and to really make them work you have to go balls deep into the UniFi ecosystem. I HAVE that ecosystem and still went with Reolink for my cameras.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah they’re not crazy expensive but not cheap either, and I’m not a fan of Ubiquiti as a company. There are definitely better alternatives, I just don’t know anything that somebody who’s only used shitty cloud connected garbage could jump right into

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Reolink is perfectly fine. They can be setup with or without internet, just remember to put them on their own VLAN that doesn't have Internet access. If you don't want to use the Reolink NVR then build yourself a frigrate box or similar.

Mine don't have internet access and I can watch their feeds directly when I'm home and through my Home Assistant rig when I'm away.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Probably avoid anything by Hikvision if you don't want to risk having Chinese backdoors in it. My own system is just a hodgepodge of different used cams I pulled off job sites. Just need to make sure they can do ONVIF and they should be compatible with any NVR out there.

[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago

Bit expensive, but I run all Ubiquiti network and camera equipment.

[–] SocialEngineer56@notdigg.com 2 points 10 months ago

I’m using Reolink and highly recommend it. Without a doubt the best bang for your buck. I bought a bundle on Black Friday a couple years ago with the 2TB NVR and 4 cameras (5MP POE) for a couple hundred dollars, and I’ve since expanded to 6 cameras.

I’m in the process of setting up a NAS, so hoping I can get reolink backed up on it for easy access.