• Sheridan@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    I’ve been shopping for a dash cam. It seems like all the brands are Chinese companies except Garmin?

    • org@lemmy.org
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      5 hours ago

      I wouldn’t worry about it too much. You can get some without WiFi. You just have to yank the microsd if you want to see the files. The one I have has WiFi but it’s so slow I can’t even preview videos. I have to connect to its WiFi, so unless it’s randomly connecting to open WiFi’s while I’m driving without my knowledge, I can’t see how it would transit much.

      Don’t spend too much though. They break after a couple years. Especially if you live in a hot climate like a desert.

      • OwOarchist@pawb.social
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        5 hours ago

        Yeah. If you get one that only records to an SD card and has no wireless connections of any kind, it would be pretty hard for that to have any security/privacy concerns.