• Otter
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    05 months ago

    Is there no way to check the doorbell video locally?

    An Amazon employee misconfigures something and now your doorbell doesn’t work

    • SayCyberOnceMore
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      05 months ago

      I don’t have one (because of that point), so I don’t know…

      Presumably the app and doorbell are hardcoded to go to an AWS URL (so it’s “easier” for consumers), but in theory the data’s all on your wifi.

      • @bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world
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        05 months ago

        It mentions push notifications and emails, so I guess they must require an account, or can you configure them to use SMTP directly, as with the Amcrest Pro cameras?

        • @MinFapper@startrek.website
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          5 months ago

          TBH, I’ve never used any of those features. I just used it locally and plugged it into home assistant.

          But I just reinstalled their app and can confirm I can watch the feed and get push notifications without a cloud account. Haven’t tried email tho