Please redirect me to a better community if needed -
I’d like to be able to record through the peephole if possible. Otherwise I’m looking for something discreet that is waterproof for outside
I don’t want to use ring or another unsecure platform, but I don’t know what to search for to even start looking for what I need. I’m not in a position to self-host locally, at least immediately as long as it’s something simple, pretty sure an rpi can handle that task but I’ve never played with one before. All my computer related skills have gotten very rusty
Are there privacy respecting products that work out of the box?
Edit- it was a false alarm and I feel incredibly silly but it was a good heads up. My neighbor had their package recently stolen so I was a little jumpy
Thank you for the suggestions! I’ll look into them all individually but I’m quite out of my depth. I’m not sure how to differentiate privacy forward or not


Just to know what happened to it and catching the suspect in the act. (I live somewhere where if the theft was proven it would be a legit problem.) But, I was reacting hastily and really made a fool of myself
But yes, the better option would be to get something obvious as you said. I’ve seen it frigate talked about before but never looked in depth; I’ll check it out
Hmm. If you’re somewhere with strict laws, like Singapore or something, I would also consider whether there might be a law against secret recording, or recording of other people, and whether that includes audio or just video.
I do appreciate the concern. I live in a place where recording private interactions isn’t allowed unless all parties consent; however, in public there’s no expectation of privacy. I can record my outside which includes passersby via audio or video