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Old 03-29-2019, 07:21 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by psicodude View Post
With cameras specifically, the question in my mind is which is worse: Doing the work to secure an IOT device on my own or trusting a cloud-hosted solution? IMO, any home security related device cannot rely on the internet to work. Just too many issues with downtime, latency, etc. A device that records locally and then backs up to the cloud is fine, just not one that directly records to the cloud like Nest, Arlo, Ring, etc.

I suppose it's a tradeoff though.
As I posted earlier I have 4 Nest cams and they work flawlessly. Nest is owned by amazon who I am confident has a good idea about cyber security.

You bring a good point to segregate the devices on a guest network, but I have yet to see evidence that Ring products under Amazon are a major risk. Enough so to say they shouldn’t be considered.
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