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I turned an old iPhone into a Home Assistant security camera (it works for Android too)

Your old smartphone isn’t doing much good just sitting in a drawer, so why not turn it into a portable security camera for your Home Assistant server? That’s exactly what I did with my old iPhone, and ...
XDA Developers

With a cheap IP camera, I can monitor my "dumb" devices in Home Assistant

Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting ...
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I paired a local LLM with Frigate and Home Assistant, and my smart cameras finally understand what they are looking at

Considering the privacy implications of letting cloud platforms manage footage of my surroundings, I’ve moved to a completely self-hosted surveillance setup. Frigate is my preferred Network Video ...
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This Wi-Fi camera integrates perfectly with Home Assistant and Frigate, and I absolutely love it

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...