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Aqara has Zigbee doorbells right? That would make the most sense, IMHO - as it by itself can't connect to the internet if it is only setup for Zigbee.
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Yeah that can very well be the case. When I looked into it I stumbled upon at least one Zigbee powered option. But I didn't go for that one as it was battery powered.
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@h3artbl33d @robert Maybe OpenIPC could be good for this?
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@h3artbl33d @robert Yeah, no problem 😊 I try to save everything that I encounter of privacy-wise services/projects. I don't have a need for it now, but I'm really interested in using this in maybe two years.
When most discussions is about which service is the best, I prefer having full control. Luckily, this project exists and I hope that it will thrive now that the need for privacy-friendly solutions is as high as it have ever been.
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I don't have a need for it now, but I'm really interested in using this in maybe two years.
I don't believe there is a "too late" here.
I hope that it will thrive now that the need for privacy-friendly solutions is as high as it have ever been.
I would even say that it is increasingly higher, now that people are noticing the clusterf*ck that is big tech.
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@h3artbl33d @robert Yeah, I've discovered that privacy is a journey. So I don't use 100% of my time worrying about things, I will get there soon enough. I'm in a good place now at least, but my privacy journey is still in the beginning. I will implement more things the next time I move (maybe in the next year).
Yeah, I'm curious to see how everything will evolve in the next few years 😅
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Zigbee is the way to ho I agree, without a proprietary hub of course. I feel door bells with and without camera are quite easy even to do on your own. However I would like to have a high quality zigbee or zwave doorlock. I've seen cloud connected door locks which seems crazy
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Aside from the proprietairy hubs - a Zigbee stick (Sonoff here, flashed with Ember) is more reliable, faster and with much more support for different devices.
Switched it over without telling my partner and she asked me what I changed because it was much more responsive (instantly even).
On the other hand, when I blocked the Hue Bridge from connecting (DNS level and IP level in thr firewall) it did 26K lookups to telemetry.philipshue.com (could have been diag.philipshue.com as well).
I will never use proprietary IoT shit. It either has to be Zigbee or a device that is compatible with Tasmota (WiFi). The rest is really "the internet of shit".