Hey everyone,

We’ve built an open-source, privacy-preserving alternative to Ring cameras using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W (called Secluso). It uses end-to-end encryption to send videos from the camera to a mobile app, which is available both in Google Play Store and Apple App Store. We also support Obtainium for people that do not wish to use Google Play.

We’ve put in a lot of effort to make it easy to set up! You can set up our camera on your own Pi in less than 5 minutes with minimal technical expertise using our easy-to-use GUI deploy tool. Here are our setup guide and open source release.

The image shows a Pi in an official Raspberry Pi enclosure that you can use for your camera. We’ve also been working on a HAT for the Pi to add night vision, audio, temperature monitoring for safety, all in a compact form factor. You can see the HAT and an enclosure for the whole camera in the photo.

We’ve been working on this for almost 2 years now, and we look forward to we look forward to seeing what you all think!

  • hirihit640@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    11 hours ago

    You don’t have to pre-order, just wait until it’s released and buy it then. And in this case you can get a raspi and test the product for yourself, so why spread FUD?

        • kibblebits@quokk.auEnglish
          16·
          9 hours ago

          No. I suggest you buy and use their product. Especially, you should put a deposit on it. Do it. Go. Now. Shhhhhh.

          • hirihit640@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            41·
            8 hours ago

            Ok so you’re a troll then. Fearmongering doesn’t help the community. If you’re against something give evidence. There’s a balance between fearmongering and blind hype.

            • kibblebits@quokk.auEnglish
              16·
              8 hours ago

              You know this community is about privacy and distrusting. Me refusing to talk to you because I know you’re not speaking in good faith doesn’t make me any kind of troll. As I said in my top comment:

              Sus.

              And it is. If you need more than I’ve said in all my other comments, you go do your own research and come to your own conclusions about it.

              • hirihit640@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                1·
                1 hour ago

                ok first off, this community is about self-hosting, there just happens to be a lot of overlap between people who self-host and people who care about privacy.

                And if you thought privacy was about distrust, that is a very unhealthy view. Privacy-minded folk simply have different principles than the mainstream. But if somebody comes along that shares those principles, then trust can be earned.

                OP’s product is open-source and self-hostable. This is aligned with the community. I’m not saying to throw money at the product before it’s released, but it’s worth keeping an eye on, and showing support for.