Wyze has End to End encryption for their cloud stuff, or you can save it all on an SD card instead. Wyzecams are also really cheap $20 but they dont have a doorbell, so for now I'm keeping Ring (came with my house) till I see a good alternative.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but Wyze doesn't actually encrypt the files they store, in their case end to end just means that the files are secure in transmission. Apple secure Video actually encrypts the files so they can't be viewed by Apple.
I can always just revert to using an SD card instead of sending my data over to them on the other hand. I am okay with this so far though, they delete videos after 15 days anyway.
Wyze is using the term end-to-end wrong, which is very disappointing but not surprising. They are considering themselves an end, which changes the meaning in a way to make the term totally meaningless. The end in end-to-end is end users.
How is Ring better than a Wyze cam pointed at your front door? Genuinely curious. I have several Wyze cams but have never interacted with a Ring much other than pushing the bell button at someone else’s house.
I prefer the Wyze cam all out, but it's already installed so I'm just leaving it there. I don't want to uninstall it until I have a better doorbell device or if theres serious security implications in keeping a Ring device.
I'm also waiting for the outdoor / weather resistant Wyze cams that are set to come out this year, so I can put them facing the front door from the front part of my porch. I hope to have it trigger a Wyze lightbulb, though I'm not sure if they're that smart or if they need the sensor instead.
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Matter of fact, I have a window next to the Ring where I have a Wyze cam looking outside, but the IR doesn't work through window, so I'm just waiting for the outside Wyze cams to be a thing. Once I get those I might repurpose some of the regular wyze cams to do time lapse videos of the weather from upstairs. Florida has interesting weather.
I also have a Wyze cam on the inside of a window looking out, and you're right that the IR would just reflect in the window, making it useless at night. But I think you can put an IR bulb (or LED array) outside, and just have that light up the area. I'm planning to get an LED array for mine when I have some free time. I also think that you probably don't really need a weather-resistant Wyze cam if it's mounted sufficiently close underneath eaves. Probably depends on how much wind you get in your area though.
The benefit of their upcoming outside cameras is that it will run on battery, and you plug it in only to recharge them.
That's a good idea, I had not thought about that, adding an IR bulb outside. I'm thinking of getting Wyze bulbs for outside though, I'm sick of coming home to complete darkness, just bought the home and there's no smart lights outside yet.
I do need to worry about weather mainly because I do live in Florida, and hurricanes do come through now and then. I will be sure to mount it securely though.
