camera firmwares have been tweaked and are now local only and stream to my Home Server and all other access from other devices is blocked
external access only via VPN. No Apps, no cloud etc
notifications are sent over the cloud but hold only an alert, no Screenshots
cameras are turned off when me or my partner are within 100m of our home. I did this with a simple USB switch so the cameras are getting no power at all.
persistent notifications Camera On on different devices.
using a good Firewall and a SIEM to monitor devices, traffic and access.
Maybe OP would be OK with a similar setup. I had wanted to use cams for presence and person detection but my partner vetoed that pretty quick.
I understand OPs hesitations.
I have done the following
Maybe OP would be OK with a similar setup. I had wanted to use cams for presence and person detection but my partner vetoed that pretty quick.