The past few months I’ve been working on this open-source software stack that makes it easy to build your own privacy-first security camera. When searching for a security camera (e.g. Google Nest, Amazon Ring..) that guarantees privacy I was surprised to find out there’s no such option, apart from going the old-school route. Many of the big players also had major privacy scandals.
It has gotten even worse over the last couple of months with Amazon Ring now working together with Flock Safety, a company helping law enforcement with mass surveillance.
Using the ROOT software stack you can set up a feature-rich & remotely accessible security camera with on-device AI vision in no time. No need for a big NVR, home server, etc. All communication is fully end-to-end encrypted (with forward secrecy), and recordings are stored locally.
The linked guide walks you through the easy process, all you need is a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 + a camera module. I’m also currently working on a hardware prototype to make this even more accessible :-)
Happy to answer any questions!