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dpoloncsakyesterday at 7:40 PM2 repliesview on HN

Didn't it come out that their cameras were uploading everything to the cloud even though they swore it didn't? I feel like I remember being very disappointed with Anker for something...


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prymitiveyesterday at 7:46 PM

They own Eufy which sells cameras with main feature being “no subscription needed”, that are very unreliable and full of ads (which isn’t being advertised as much as lack of subscription). They do also go big on labelling a lot of simple features as AI where in reality it’s something as simple as “detect a person in a photo”. I have Eufy cameras and it’s complete garbage, sadly competition is also mostly garbage. Bold unsustainable claims at st the core of their business, it’s not just thumbnails.

thejazzmanyesterday at 7:44 PM

Eufy was uploading the thumbnails to S3, if I recall correctly, so that they could be delivered in push notifications

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