Wouldn’t it make more sense to have absolutely heinous punishment for the recruiters of the children? Cutting the root of the problem.

I chose to enable cloud access cause my home assistant died and I wanted to continue having external access, but it was not mandatory.

I agree with your point for most providers, like ring and eufy, but I don’t think it’s impossible to achieve.

I have ubiquiti cameras and doorbell at home, all stored locally and i can access them through home assistant.

Piefighters

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