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Why We're Pulling Our Recommendation of Wyze Security Cameras | Sep 2023

For anyone looking to shut these from internet access, install this custom firmware hack and use a local NVR: https://github.com/gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks

How I changed my D-Link camera from cloud camera to a locally managed IP camera | Jul 2023

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I have been using wz_mini_hacks [1] on my Wyze V3 and have been pretty happy with it. Among other things, it has a “self-hosted” mode which patches the binaries running on the camera to no longer phone home to Wyze servers. I’ve been using it on my local network over RTSP with no issues.

[1] https://github.com/gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks

Who owns private home security footage, and who can get access to it? | Mar 2023

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Wyze v3 with https://github.com/gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks

Disassembling an Amazon Blink Mini camera | Nov 2022

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The official rtsp firmware is garbage and outdated and of course still phones home. For v3 I have been playing with https://github.com/gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks which seems very promising since it allows ssh root access.