Need to monitor whether the power is off so someone could start a generator and heater to keep well pipes from freezing. The camera could face a blank wall in the basement since it is just being used to indicate whether the wifi is off. I understand that the Wyze cam V1 can’t have security upd…

There are a few issues with the v1 cam not working (though it’s working great for a lot of people), but as far as I know the only security vulnerability is the SD card one you were mentioning, and they have to be on your network, so the device won’t have any more privileges over the network than the…

Might I recommend that for extra measure, you also have the camera connected to the WiFi Router’s “Guest Network” since routers usually have guest networks set up with “Device Isolation” which means that any device on that Guest network cannot communicate with any other device on the network, thus t…

does the wyze cam report when it goes offline? I have other devices that report when they lose contact if you are interested. I have used CAO gadgets for a few years. I haven’t used it much recently but it still keeps me informed when I lose power… [55ac8048d2842a253049dde0cdb0b3f15a3b4992] [Mo…

[image] tc10: does the wyze cam report when it goes offline? No, but there is a wishlist topic for that feature: [image] Loss of Communication/Network Connection Notification & Log In Progress A feature I would like to see is to get an alert notification if my came…

Could the Wyze V1 camera still be safely used just to check if power is on or off in an unoccupied house?

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No, but there is a wishlist topic for that feature:

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Could the Wyze V1 camera still be safely used just to check if power is on or off in an unoccupied house?

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