Ask HN: What is the most secure way of baby monitoring? We are expecting a baby and we want to buy a camera to monitor the baby. I want to buy an offline one for domestic use but my wife wants to buy an IP camera so that we can watch even when we are out of home. I don't trust the companies like Xiaomi and services. What is the most secure way of monitoring babies? Is there a way to ensure e2e encryption? |
So you view IT, IT meaning baby, on a monitor, while you are at the restaurant.
What is the most secure way of monitoring babies?
Stay at home and look after it!!
I cannot for the life of me ever understand why you would not have your baby as close as possible.
Until I had children I thought I was a heavy sleeper. That is until my parental awareness took over. I did not need any CCTV or monitoring system. I naturally heard my babies every sounds.
Those sounds that all babies make before they start to cry, because they are hungry or want some love.
Great bonding experience, I really do not know how anyone would bond with a child via CCTV and monitoring system.
What on earth did we all do before 1989 when the internet went live.
RF baby monitors surely existed before 1989. But yeah at some point we didn't have modern stuff. We survived without paper, sneakers, etc.
That ZoneMinder or other open source NVM would double as home security so you could also watch all the doors, windows, yards, driveway, garage, etc... Each NVM will have a webpage that lists the compatible cameras.
I assume you mean to watch the baby while a babysitter is there and the baby is not truly alone. There are also some NannyCam devices that hide the camera so you can also keep an eye on what the babysitter is doing with the baby in multiple rooms.
None of this addresses E2EE but the server would be hosted in your house and would be using TLS to your web browser to watch it.
[1] - https://zoneminder.com/
I’ve found frigate to be faster than Agentdvr but Agentdvr has more features.
There are a lot of secure camera options, but if you also don't trust the babysitter then you need more security than just E2E encryption.
Realistically the picture itself isn't the risk - babies aren't all that interesting - but a sketchy device on the network could be a beachhead of sorts.
At times we thought that we need video too, but we managed without it just fine.
because they have a wide range of different price points and capabilities. Use these with software like
which you could run on a cheap Linux box. For secure access use
e2e encrypted and stored in your iCloud
Cowboy up and do that.
Good luck and congratulations.