Lets say I am using the cam to monitor a location with no internet access. Upon arriving at the location I will activate the hotspot on my phone, log into the camera, and check the events to see if anyone has been there. I realize the cam cannot send notifications, nor can I log in while I am away,…

You should be able to view the continuous recording that’s saved to the camera (if that was started when the camera had power and wifi, and power wasn’t lost in the meantime), but the camera doesn’t pend or hold onto event clips to send to the cloud at all. What’s on the SD card won’t get uploaded,…

[image] cam20: want to make sure the camera wont try to upload the full 32GB of stored video files to the cloud for any reason Correct. The camera will not try to upload the entire contents of the SDcard to the Wyze servers for any reason. [image] cam20: Upon arriving at the location I w…

These are wifi/cloud cameras remember. If this is your normal use case scenario I’d also research other avenues and camera systems (trailcams?) Since these cameras need a wifi signal for the majority of their functions. Wyze may not be the optimal camera system in this use.

If you know of a $25 trailcam of similar size or smaller I would definitely be interested :wink: The reason I chose this is because of the cost and because it is easily concealed. Also it is #1 on Amazon’s “No WiFi Security Camera” list somehow. I wonder if the issue where you can’t use it on the …

[image] cam20: If you know of a $25 trailcam of similar size or smaller I would definitely be interested :wink: I do not, sorry! I use my gopros if I ever need any offline recording, and those are definitely not in that price range. I also have no experience with hot spot usage so can’t hel…

[image] cam20: So if a malicious actor wants to circumvent this camera’s motion alerts, all they need to do is tamper with the wifi signal? That’s all a malicious actor has to do to circumvent any WiFi based security system. The key is how the system handles an interrupted signal from a cam …

Well yeah but I’m specifically referring to the fact that it will still record normally but it wont let the user know that someone broke in. So the user would have to review all the recorded footage in realtime everytime they get home, just to make sure they didn’t lose connectivity- which nobody wi…

[image] cam20: So the user would have to review all the recorded footage in realtime everytime they get home, One way around this would be to make a time lapse video while you’re not home: [Wyze Cam Security Camera Versatility - Time Lapse, Battery Back Up and Hotspot Connection] …

A locked door as they say keeps honest people honest but typically does very little to deter a determined thief. Same with cameras, they best serve as a deterrent when visible and obvious but again won’t stop a determined thief. A hat and a mask render even the most expensive hardened cameras useles…

Hold on a second, guys. If the SD card settings are “Record events only”, wouldn’t that mostly satisfy the poster here? Won’t those still get recorded as relatively few files to the SD card offline? (I’d imagine it’s still a bit of a pain to take out the card and peruse in VLC, outside the native …

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Hold on, hold on, apparently none of this will work?

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