Say Hello to Nest Cam
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Say Hello to Nest Cam
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Re: Say Hello to Nest Cam
#2> Nest Cam has a beautiful, completely redesigned stand.
I guess that depends on who you ask. I guess most non-technies would just find it ugly. Especially the cord that comes out of it.
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#3I'm not sure how useful this would be with regards to break-ins (one of their selling points it seems). Uploading/Streaming 1080p video on a slow to moderate connection? Plenty of time for the thief to unplug and take that nice shiny PC with the video stored, and the nest cam with it.
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#4My gut reaction is that I'll be paying money to install my telescreen?
I have this slightly panicky feeling that my perception of what's acceptable sharing of private data is so disconnected from current popular sentiment that I'm becoming a bitter outsider.
I'm sure it's technically well executed as expected from Google management but I do hope it bombs as a product for (to me) obvious reasons.
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#5I'm not sure how useful this would be with regards to break-ins (one of their selling points it seems). Uploading/Streaming 1080p video on a slow to moderate connection? Plenty of time for the thief to unplug and take that nice shiny PC with the video stored, and the nest cam with it.
>Plenty of time for the thief to unplug and take that nice shiny PC with the video stored, and the nest cam with it.
That's the awesome part! You don't even need a local PC to store the video. It all gets sent to a remote Secure Server where it gets stored (and is accessible, if you purchase that add-on) and streamed!
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#6I'm not sure how useful this would be with regards to break-ins (one of their selling points it seems). Uploading/Streaming 1080p video on a slow to moderate connection? Plenty of time for the thief to unplug and take that nice shiny PC with the video stored, and the nest cam with it.
>Plenty of time for the thief to unplug and take that nice shiny PC with the video stored, and the nest cam with it. That's the awesome part! You don't even need a local PC to store the video. It all gets sent to a remote Secure Server where it gets stored (and is accessible, if you purchase that add-on) and streamed!
most people I know would find the idea of their living room being streamed to a remote server "creepy" rather than "awesome".
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#7My gut reaction is that I'll be paying money to install my telescreen? I have this slightly panicky feeling that my perception of what's acceptable sharing of private data is so disconnected from current popular sentiment that I'm becoming a bitter outsider. I'm sure it's technically well executed as expected from Google management but I do hope it bombs as a product for (to me) obvious reasons.
It even has a mic.
IP cameras in my house recording to in-house server = OK
IP cameras uploading data to external "cloud" servers I don't own = do not want
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Plenty of time for the thief to unplug and take that nice shiny PC with the video stored, and the nest cam with it. That's the awesome part! You don't even need a local PC to store the video. It all gets sent to a remote Secure Server where it gets stored (and is accessible, if you purchase that add-on) and streamed!
most people I know would find the idea of their living room being streamed to a remote server "creepy" rather than "awesome".
Me too.
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#9Continuous household video surveillance trips my creep meter. For my door/yard/exterior, yeah, but internally?
(The issue of cloud uploads is of concern, but even non-Cloud WebCams have been owned or had backdoors in the past, and your home server could be hijacked -- there are hundreds of YouTube videos of people whose laptop webcams got hacked)
I could see it being useful as a baby monitor inside.
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#10My gut reaction is that I'll be paying money to install my telescreen? I have this slightly panicky feeling that my perception of what's acceptable sharing of private data is so disconnected from current popular sentiment that I'm becoming a bitter outsider. I'm sure it's technically well executed as expected from Google management but I do hope it bombs as a product for (to me) obvious reasons.
It's (functionally) a Dropcam. Dropcam's been around for several years now. They're owned by Nest/Google now, so this is the first branded product from them under Nest. You can believe that they're actually encrypting the video as they say they are, or not, I suppose, but there are plenty of non-cloud-based options available. For me, this was the easiest way to get cameras up where I needed them, with a really nice mobile app and a really great recording/playback interface.