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24 alternatives to Privacy-first home security on mobile with smart alerts
AiCam turns an unused iPhone into an advanced home security camera with full privacy protection. AiCam can be used for home security, child monitoring, nanny monitoring, elderly care and pet monitoring. With AiCam, you have a mobile and smart home security camera that you could bring to remote sites
This mobile app provides home security monitoring with a focus on privacy protection. Users can set up smart alerts to monitor their homes remotely. The app processes security footage locally on the device rather than… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Privacy-first home security on mobile with smart alerts launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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An indoor flying security camera for your home
2020 · blog.ring.com · its alternatives →
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Nest Cam IQ▲199Smart home camera, using Google's AI for facial recognition
2017 · store.google.com · its alternatives →
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NeuralCam Live▲169Look your best in video calls with an AI-powered webcam app
2020 · neural.cam · its alternatives →
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SpyCam▲132Mac menu bar camera app that detects motion + records video
2024 · spycam.app · its alternatives →
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Viyo▲91Turn any device with a browser into a security camera
2019 · vuabongda.club · its alternatives →
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I needed a security camera inside my house, one that would send motion notifications to my smartphone and would allow me to livestream remotely. However, I could not find one that I could trust due to privacy concerns. Many of them upload the plaintext of videos to their servers and none is fully open-source as far as I know. Therefore, I decided to use my spare time to build one from scratch. Called Privastead (as in Private Homestead), it uses OpenMLS for end-to-end encryption (between the camera local hub and the smartphone) and is mostly implemented in Rust (except for part of the…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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EverCam▲313The wirefree security cam with 365-day battery life
2018 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Nest Cam Outdoor▲225A weather proof outdoor security cam that records 24/7
2016 · store.google.com · its alternatives →
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This runs YOLOv8 + bytetrack with Tinygrad detections (depending on user config) are saved and can be sent to the companion iOS app along with a notification, all video processing is done locally, all footage is encrypted before leaving your computer, and the sending notifications + videos part is optional. This uses tinygrad, so it runs well on my apple silicon macs and should be able to run on a lot of hardware (or will be able to when I remove other deps).
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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NeuralCam▲407Night Mode photography on all iPhones & iPhone 11 Ultra Wide
2019 · neural.cam · its alternatives →
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Camiocam▲154Turn any tablet or smartphone into a home-monitoring camera
2014 · camio.com · its alternatives →
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Alfred▲127Turn your unused smartphones into home surveillance cameras.
2015 · alfred.camera · its alternatives →
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Several months ago, I posted in Show HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42284412) about this project (previously named Privastead, now changed to Secluso). It's a privacy-preserving home security camera that uses OpenMLS for end-to-end encryption between the camera and the mobile app. The post received a good amount of attention and there were many good comments. Since then, my project cofounder and I have made major improvements to the project. The project previously would act as a hub for an IP camera, which was otherwise closed source. But now, our camera software can…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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