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@bharper0082

How do you figure? Unless you’re using the RTSP firmware on your own local LAN everything runs through the cloud.

No, you’re mistaken. It’s a common misconception. Video stays on your LAN. No live video runs through Wyze servers, ever, with the edge case exception of some Alexa streams. (Even when you are using your phone miles from home, NO video goes through Wyze servers at all.) Below is the post where I last explained it in detail, complete with confirmation and clarification from a Wyze developer.

Introducing Wyze Video Doorbell - 9/22/20

No way. They would have gone out of business by now relaying all that traffic. The only hits they get are for authentication and hand off to the P2P provider. The Throughtek / TUTK P2P service (3rd party) establishes a direct link between your phone and your camera. On your LAN it doesn’t even have to. It took me a long time to find this again, the most authoritative post from Wyze on the process: Of course for event recordings the camera does have to upload clips to Wyze servers. But …