Nest Cams are a BIG RIPOFF - DIY WiFi Security Camera Guide 

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The hero we needed.

Top notch

Omds I acc laughed out loud 😂😂😂😂😂

Same

Same

same, what the heck youtube I love this show.

same

RU-vid is Doing their own “Personalised” sub list

2024 now

its like a year and a half oldfvqvfcqefcp;rip ic

@@BRoyce69 who cares. Update!

Maybe this is why this video was recommended to me now.

Honestly I was thinking about doing this... but then I saw the Wyze cameras for 25 bucks on Amazon and I've been thinking about just busting them apart and putting them in outdoor dummy camera housings

Im running multiple motion eye cameras, didnt know they made an app for it. thanks !

Robert Jackson Your confidence is misplaced; you are mistaken. I'm an engineer who designed actual security systems where a failure in security would be a life and death situation. Video was used in those facilities not for security but as an information and management tool by onsite professional security staff. I also worked for a UL central alarm station, whose function is to react to alarms. Alarms don't provide security, they report a loss of it. Providing security is hard. Security is protection and safety, not history or narrative of failures to provide them. Video isn't security. Video isn't extra insurance. Video, like fire, door and widow bugs is surveillance Only when used properly by someone trained, ready and able to use video as a management information tool does it add value by supplementing a security system. Video cameras might provide pictures of your home being entered. That isn't security. Your security was lost when the assailant or burglar entered the structure. Insurance isn't security to protect an asset, but a payment for losing that asset - your life or property. The difference between surveillance, security, insurance is simple. Here is a clear example. There are several video recordings of Laquan McDonald being shot. He had surveillance. He had no security. He is dead. If he had life insurance he personally derived no benefit from it or from the trial and conviction of his shooter. You could ring a property with video cameras with motion detection software connected with a standby generator and 4G internet service. If I wanted to, I could circumvent that surveillance, enter that property unobserved and enter a structure. All it would take is some observation and a few things anyone could buy at most Dollar Stores for cash. Most homeowners already have those items, but with purchases spread across several stores over weeks I couldn't be identified or found by a security investigator using just video- even if there were video surveillance videos from the "break in" and the stores. A security investigator doesn't provide security, but follows up after security has been broken. A competent protection specialist who is interested in assuring safety and security should and would admit that video cameras don't provide security. That good doors, good locks and entry-resistant ground accessible windows can. Unless there were detached physical perimeter barriers AND an alert and capable response team on-site WITH someone or something monitoring the video, that property isn't physically protected against intrusion. You've probably heard that after 911 the national security agencies publicly acknowledged that the security failure was due to lack of humint- human intelligence gathering and response assets, the[at they were relying too much on electronic systems to monitor what was happening. The US department armed forces was facetiously renamed the Defense Department, when its only proven effective ability for the nation is attack, either preemptive or reactive. It's good at what it is allowed to do, but that isn't national defense, because of the Man in the Middle and rules of engagement. The chain of command impedes the process of detection, permission and reaction. Home "security" has the same issues. If surveillance isn't accompanied by barriers and early, effective response, you are not safe. Don't let anyone get away with saying video is security. It's not.

@@psdaengr911 I'm pretty sure the OP doesn't think that the *only* security device needed for a homeowner are some IP home security cameras. It's also simply unnecessary to think that the average homeowner needs to have such a secure setup. I mean unless you are a targeted individual (i.e high net worth individual or you store easily transported valuables on the property), then you are likely just going to be dealing with the run-of-the-mill smash and grab crook that just wants to go after the homes that have zero visible security. There's actually a video that was put on YT by the Denton PD and they are interviewing the supposed biggest burglar in North Texas. During the interview, he says that if he saw a wireless camera he would just skip the house every time because, according to him, wireless cameras are impossible to bypass as you cannot cut a wire. He was completely oblivious to the fact that a $100 frequency jamming device could take down those cameras. I think a lot of the times in the security industry we are so aware of the many vulnerabilities that we begin to assume that the bad guys must also be aware of those vulnerabilities and have the knowledge/skills to exploit them, but in my experiences it is not simply the case and the average middle class homeowner is just dealing with the typical low level thief that just looks for the home that's empty with zero security. There's always a few of them in the neighborhood (usually much more than a few). Now if you are being specifically targeted, then that's a completely different story and you have to then start doing much more threat intelligence gathering so you get an idea of the capabilities of your attacker. If they have plenty of time and money to spend on observing you and intelligence, then you are probably fucked.

@@psdaengr911 Pretentious dick much? This is plenty for a normal suburban homeowner wanting some surveillance.

@@psdaengr911 You do realize that you can setup online motion detection that would send you an alert and video stream right as someone is approaching your property / opens your door? You then can call the cops right away and if you're living in a modern city they would be on site in 5 mins or so. Or you can call the neighbors, or your security company of choice that would be closer. You don't need humans to monitor the cameras in this day and age. Even without artificial intelligence we still have a lot of plain algorithmic ways to detect motion with a good efficacy. And if you throw a 300$ gpu on top then you can even run some neutral network for this stuff. This video is great, I'm going to build this right away for my home setup.

It's surprising how many tech solutions end with "or use a Raspberry Pi!"

@@PoisonedAl or use an ESP 32! far better wireless security and cheaper and open source

take my money!

This is how they handle everything on the site. Look at the current layout in 1080p. It's gross and unusable. So much wasted space for nothing with oversized buttons. Monetization worked until RU-vid played with it too. Same thing happened with the likes/dislikes of comments. Disliking a comment doesn't work anymore.

Chroma Matrix Christopher Willis RU-vid would prefer you watch jack Paul or whatever his name is, that’s why my Friend and also google owns nest egg

annihilator247x they basically made it a placebo, you hit the button and it lights up blue on your end but no data us actually exchanged with the server

That's the point of material design. Unification between every device. Means the bigger your screen get, the more iffy it starts to look.

as an android dev material design sucks a fat one, it looks terrible and is super lazy for everything not on a cellphone

I think not

but that's just a theory...

I think so. Not because I think youtube is above doing that, but because I don't think they are competent enough to get it done.

It is a bit suspicious but the number of people that watch the wan show probably watch about every video. It was not in my subscription feed but it was in in the top of my suggested content. Suggested video's usually draw new people while subscribers would notice and watch anyway.

Not really, a lot of notifications have gone missing over the last few weeks.

Tiago Lopes same for me

Me too

Tiago Lopes RU-vid has been “tweaking” the sub box recently.

Same for me. RU-vid decides way too much what I should watch.

Same here... i saw it on the sidebar while watching an other video but not in my sub box

Ah, that good ol' [evil] socialism heh

Hacking4Lyfe lol laughed so hard

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Thieves steal the cameras but nothing else

:D Here is one IP cam for 50 USD better their DIY and has an app megabonus.com/y/8oJQR That camera is too expensive for that and will be stolen even if they record with it to remote location.

the rohitk that would take a sh*t ton of storage

Use "The Slow Mo Guys" 10,000FPS camera would be better

Omg Linus please yes please lol

iKingRPG *11 Pro Max

I use my old iPhone 5 as a security camera

JUS24TIN I do

XS for extra security

nah she would use the webcam on the imac

Local storage is often expensive (NAS ONLINE 24/7 365) failed drives or failed nas or even a stolen nas. Plus it's a hassle to check to make sure it's still working or hasn't recorded over something as space runs out.

# Yeah until somebody steals the camera taking any recorded footage along with it... It kind of defeats the purpose of having a security camera if the footage is stored in the camera and the camera is somewhere the burglar could just walk off with it.

elmateo77 of course, but ideally you should have both. One for easy access, and another online. The issue is when Google offers free/cheap cloud storage space, why would you bother with a subscription for dedicated cloud storage

Or...One can buy a 4+ camera system which includes DVR and live access through the net. Starting at around $200. The DVR's can usually store up to 30 days of continuous video. No subscription needed. On top of that, one can put the DVR where ever they see fit as to not be found. Some are even wireless. And in conjunction with a dummy box, intruders would have a hard time stealing the footage. The owner of a store I used to work for got one of these. I was able to monitor graveyard employees in real time as well as hear anything going on because it had mics also.

Jade[d] Google owns nest so they hid the video. A LOT of people aren't seeing the video in their subs.

Same here, google has a crappy policy of: pointing a gun at devs heads and threatening to pull the trigger if they don't change stuff every 10 mins.

Still don't want clouds watching me. Creepy hackers 😝

MEME REVIEW

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xX_SpeedyScout_Xx no u

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Yes! A man of culture. Well met good sir.

Andrew Nguyen that's normal what did they do this time?

They messed with the sub feed

Yeah, why did this not appear in my sub box but rather in my recommendations?

Well, Nest does come under Alphabet Inc. under which Google and RU-vid both come. So, RU-vid censoring content based on corporate interests?

ditto

it's a recession.

I think Linus can afford a new shirt, come on Linus.

Lost it all on Doge Coin.

The other guy on the video did it, due to a fight

Jumping fences; that’s how he got the idea for this video

and google drive does? google owns nest

@@iKingRPG but at least we Choose to put it on Google drive... Nest is forcing it

@@iKingRPG you could use rclone and transparently encrypt the footage uploaded to google drive no? if you use aes-256 it wouldn't be broken until the heat death of the universe so...

you say this with an account you signed up with google. Honestly given IoT this day and age really doesn't matter. Privacy is dead.

Ring aint no bettah.

JustMHMD I'm just quoting an article: "In a tweet earlier this week, RU-vid confirmed that it is “currently experimenting with how to show content in the subs feed.” Rather than displaying subscriptions chronologically, RU-vid explained, it found that “a personalized order” governed by an algorithm made some viewers more likely to click play - or, as the company puts it, “able to more easily find the videos they want to watch.”" So yea, RU-vid is now officially dead to me

2 out of the last 4 LTT vids haven't been in my sub feed, so frustrating!

I saw it as a recommended video, but not on my sub box...

Thanks for the detail Rokas. Totally bullshit! Why would I subscribe to a channel if I didn't want to see their content?! Such a stupid and unnecessary change. Going to make this website useless to me if they screw up the subs feed.

Wow same thing happened to me. I read all the articles on what RU-vid was doing with the feed. Didn’t actually think it would happen to me. RU-vid sucks

Jorith Zwaan same with my subfeed

Me too. First time that happens to me though.

They are experimenting something with sub feed.it is not permanent only experiment (RU-vid wants to recive feedback about this change).

Me too

Me too. First time for me (that I've noticed, at least).

Reolink has fantastic high res cams, and Yi cams are uber cheap

AuthenTech - Ben Schmanke what is nvr,

Out of the two I find Yi cams to be a nicer option. Wireless isn't really a necessity for me and just a bonus. Would you recommend any other cameras as Yi cams only support 32gb of storage and their Yi cams 2 are sold out which also only support 64g of storage. Also any cameras that would give me active notifications if they detect any motion? Some cameras let you setup their motion sensing area in their softwares. Was wondering that as well :)

Yi cameras suuuuuuuck

@David -hah thanks! 👍

they know we drop stuff

Better than 90% of their ad inserts.

TheGunCollective wait you watch linus?!?!

J LUL K E

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

#SAVEJAKESHAIR

Patrick Flanagan I love LTT dude!

@@mikal6826 haha, nah bruh, I still go to school. Engineering is my tool.

know how to get them in europe?

@@ThatRedMonkay Chances are, if you are unable to find them on Amazon where you live, you'll be unable to get them unless you use a company like Shipito. At this point, you'll have to spend quite a bit on shipping. Sorry.

Found it!!! Thank you so very much.

Arent wyze cams chinese spyware though

In an earlier vid his shirt was ripped at the front. Seems like business isnt going so well o.o

Linus has a low standard when it comes to style. His socks and sandals prove that already.

True, true, was just about to comment on that :)

Looking for someone to comment on that

Or...One can buy a 4+ camera system which includes DVR and live access through the net. Starting at around $200. The DVR's can usually store up to 30 days of continuous video. No subscription needed. On top of that, one can put the DVR where ever they see fit as to not be found. Some are even wireless. And in conjunction with a dummy box, intruders would have a hard time stealing the footage. The owner of a store I used to work for got one of these. I was able to monitor graveyard employees in real time as well as hear anything going on because it had mics also.

That can all be done by running Blue Iris on a dedicated Windows server. All you need is a reliable video feed. Sure it's an extra machine, but you were going to do that anyway, right?

Went down the Nest Rabbit Hole, I'm now in therapy. I'm told I'm making progress now (this part was Humor). I just don't understand the whole "Nest" philosophy. I admit I'm not a cell phone person. I've been working on a supposedly enterprise level system , but, it ain't gonna happen with nest. Just wasted two weeks of time for two IT persons (this was management pushing the "Nest" cameras). I'm stopping here before I get labeled as a "Ranter" .

All of the features mentioned by you here could be done with free softwares like Agent DVR or Contacam or paid ones like Blue Iris and offers more options. The plug and play can be easily done by just getting some cheaper IP cams instead of Rpi they used which is what you'd go for if you're not massively tech savvy. Or you can get an ESP32 and just flash stuff and done, or pay someone for that. Not only is that significantly cheaper. It's also superior and more customizable

tyson vega RU-vid and Nest are owned by Google. Draw your own conclusion. Heh.

It's normal. Subscription is also a "suggested feed" now. That's why they tell you to click on the bell icon.

I have the notifications turned on and this video isn't in my subscription feed nor in the notifications! :(

RU-vid has a new way of choosing who you get to see. You have to go opt out. Google it.

Just bookmark video section of this channel and check it every day when you feel like watching videos. That's what I do. Relying on others is meh...

I need this comment to go to the top.

Are nest cams considered dead now?

I wish it was a meme review

Pew needs to see it

Go up, please.

SlvrJrny Christopher Willis RU-vid would prefer you watch jack Paul or whatever his name is, that’s why my Friend and also google owns nest egg

Ya know what's stupid. I am only subscribed to 15 channels, 4-5 of which that are inactive. Why the hell does RU-vid need to adjust my sub page. Stupid.

Same here

Christopher Willis RU-vid would prefer you watch jack Paul or whatever his name is, that’s why my Friend and also google owns nest egg

RU-vid controls what you see duh. You have no control.

Did for me

Any tips how i can set up those cameras outside?

Will Jones yes

Will Jones Christopher Willis RU-vid would prefer you watch jack Paul or whatever his name is, that’s why my Friend and also google owns nest egg

same here

same here

Didn't show up in mine, only in recommended.

ty i was looking for some recommendations. I dont have the time to build one hehe.

I see yi 1080 home camera for about $20-30 on ebay which also has micro sd storage. I have 4 now.

I work with Raspberry Pi's a lot and needed a camera to keep tabs on my dog. I was going to build this same thing but saw the Wyze cam for $20. Saved me all the tinkering time and it works perfectly. I've also set up an Arlo system which is like $400 for a camera (and home station which it requires), these aren't directly comparable as the Arlo are wireless and outdoor ready, but as for software the Wyze app is much better than Arlo. There are more customization options on the Wyze and the video delay is very small (delay on Arlo can be like 4 seconds).

yi has access to all your camera footage....

Yeah - I was wondering about build cost + time in regard to how much $$ you really save building this setup yourself. While it can be more fun to build something, you open yourself up to potential hours of troubleshooting. I was beginning to wonder about the cost of this setup versus a complete Chinesium camera set + built-in DVR from Wish or AliExpress - but then he said "No Audio" and "No mobile interface", and that makes the Chinesium setups look like the better deal. Granted, you may still be stuck with several hours of troubleshooting due to poor documentation and the odd way the menus and symbiotic settings are set up in the cheap Chinese systems, but if it gives you the audio AND the ability to control and watch via your smart phones, it's a no-brainer. The storage on them is usually limited, but so long as you can connect to a NAS or even an external HDD, that limitation can be easily and cheaply overcome. Having dealt with extracting evidence from security systems before, the audio can sometimes be crucial for identification purposes when you don't get a perfect face-on shot of the perp. In another scenario, if you are reviewing an incident between employees, video alone doesn't tell the whole story, and sometimes who actually said what can be the difference between who remains employed and who gets fired, and an audio recording of the incident cuts out the "he said/she said" element of any disagreement or argument between employees.

SAME IM MAD, ALMOST MISSED THIS VIDEO

Same, I sent youtube feedback asking them to fix their shit.

Nest is owned by Google and these assholes don't want us to know how shitty nest cams are

Chaitanya Bisht didnt know that, very interesting

bad bot

literally seen you in like 3 of my vids today

Just in how,whу do I keep finding you in the comments always

Roun Dair it’s because you watch popular and predictable youtube channels based on your watch habits. eventually, you’re going to see people with similar watch profiles to you like Justin Y. just watch videos that have less than 100,000 views as well as to view the videos within 12 hours of release

Bad one

RU-vid: "hey, chill. we found it for you so you didn't have to! *insert deep learning marketing bullshit* "

WTF is going on? My subscription page is not chronological anymore. And, I didn't get the video too...

Linus has the fucking clap ?! I knew it !

It's a design feature

Head over to bibbin with babbish they'll take care of you over there.

Please don't be that guy. RU-vid allows user to see how many viewers watch the video at a specific time. I'm pretty sure the sponsor will look up to that number. They only pay linus for the amount of viewers that watch the video at that specific time. Be nice, we love this channel anyway.

RU-vid only allows this to the uploader and Linus probably doens't share his youtube account

Exactly when I did that.

Yes, I do refer to linus that he able to get that number. And there will be high possibility the sponsor require that number in order to determine how much money they need to pay them to advertise their product in this video. I do agree that linus won't share anything unnecessary data with the client unless it is somewhat related to their contract.

Aqel Yusri fuck off

sam farley even for me