Wyze has updated their Wyze Cam Outdoor offering to a new v2 model.
It is available for order from Wyze directly for $70 +shipping.
https://www.wyze.com/products/wyze-cam-outdoor
The camera itself can be purchased separately, as the Base Station hasn't changed. The standalone camera is also available from Amazon directly with free Prime shipping, although for $10 more:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PWKKWZX
The Wyze Cam Outdoor v2 adds an updated "Starlight" sensor for Color Night Vision, a bigger Field of View of 130°, and an improved PIR lens for fewer false detections.
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Sucks I know, but is nothing new and there is zero you can do about it.
I have a v2 wired cam, and I have a timeline on my mobile app with SD card installed. I would imagine the Outdoor v2 works the same way if you have an SD card installed.
I don't have Cam Plus, so my 'events' that get triggered have a 5 min cool down period and are limited to 12 seconds. I believe CamPlus has unlimited length 'event' clips and back to back recordings without the 5 minute gap on any type of camera.
The continuous recording of 28 days requires you to manually select record in the app; after the 28 days it stops recording and only if you have a 256GB+ card. There's never a timeline option where you can toggle from live to recorded video, only viewable after the fact (and not in the app) in your computer. I have a micro SD card in the Base as well as the camera itself but none of the footage is viewable in the app
Sucks I know, but is nothing new and there is zero you can do about it.
Pentesting findings go ignored all the time because remediating security issues are not income generating.
The Eufy ones are $60 but only has $8GB of storage and bad night vision
I'm willing to sacrifice the risk to save $2-300 over multiple cameras
Slowly migrating to Eufy cameras and have been amazed at their alerts and improved lag or alert time when compared to Wyze cameras and services.
I'm sure other could agree or disagree but I feel like over the last two years not much has improved with Wyze and they keep pushing more services and subscriptions.
The Eufy ones are $60 but only has $8GB of storage and bad night vision
I'm willing to sacrifice the risk to save $2-300 over multiple cameras
I think the older 1080 models are $35.
EDIT: here's the older model currently $34
Limited-time deal: eufy Security Solo IndoorCam P22, 1080p Security Indoor Camera Pan & Tilt, Plug-in Camera with Wi-Fi, Human and Pet AI, Voice Assistant Compatibility, Motion Tracking, Homebase not Compatible https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B5Y3...7B81C
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Complaining that Wyze has breach (but no one else) is like complaining McDonald's is bad for you while eating at Jack in the Box.
No kidding
Tiny data breaches worse than Wyze:
Yahoo....3 BILLION affected.
Marriott....500 million
Twitter...330 million
LinkedIn data...700 million.
Facebook...500 million
Experian...200 million
Here are the other 57 companies that made the list and Wyze did not.
https://www.upguard.com/blog/bigg...a-breaches
Wyze had 2.4 million exposed and only if they were located on your local server. Yet I bet you still have a Yahoo email address, a Facebook account, are registered to Linkedin, stay at Marriott, Tweet often, have credit....need I say more about the manufactured outrage or do you just care when there is a camera involved? Who cares about the ability to open credit cards under your name or take money from your bank account...they might see your peepee if also logged into your home server...locally...that is the real risk
Wyze took 3 years to fix security issues
Tiny data breaches worse than Wyze:
Yahoo....3 BILLION affected.
Marriott....500 million
Twitter...330 million
LinkedIn data...700 million.
Facebook...500 million
Experian...200 million
Here are the other 57 companies that made the list and Wyze did not.
https://www.upguard.com/blog/bigg...a-breaches
Wyze had 2.4 million exposed and only if they were located on your local server. Yet I bet you still have a Yahoo email address, a Facebook account, are registered to Linkedin, stay at Marriott, Tweet often, have credit....need I say more about the manufactured outrage or do you just care when there is a camera involved? Who cares about the ability to open credit cards under your name or take money from your bank account...they might see your peepee if also logged into your home server...locally...that is the real risk
But hey, if your reaction to getting screwed over is "yes please, keep doing it", then you do you. Also, saying that there's "zero you can do about it" is worse than saying nothing. Food for thought.
The Eufy ones are $60 but only has $8GB of storage and bad night vision
I'm willing to sacrifice the risk to save $2-300 over multiple cameras
However, as someone else pointed out Eufy has cameras on sale frequently for around $35-40 a camera (usually in 2-packs). If you don't want to sacrifice night vision then that's on you. I hear Eufy's software is far superior though I never used it so don't quote me on that. Wyze software is pretty crappy so I don't see why it wouldn't be true,.
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