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Show HN: Clearcam – Add AI object detection to your IP CCTV cameras

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230 points roryclear | 3 comments | 24 Aug 25 11:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

This runs YOLOv8 + bytetrack with Tinygrad detections (depending on user config) are saved and can be sent to the companion iOS app along with a notification, all video processing is done locally, all footage is encrypted before leaving your computer, and the sending notifications + videos part is optional. This uses tinygrad, so it runs well on my apple silicon macs and should be able to run on a lot of hardware (or will be able to when I remove other deps).
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waschl ◴[24 Aug 25 12:48 UTC] No.45003862[source]▶
Anyone can recommend a good quality camera without spyware and ideally open sw stack. I am willing to do it myself with little soldering etc. that’s one rabbit hole didn’t enter yet
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1. giobox ◴[24 Aug 25 15:30 UTC] No.45004981[source]▶
The best option is just to assume any IPCam is unsafe and firewall them off in my experience; even with a fully open source camera stack connecting it directly to internet is not that great a practice. Put them on a no internet access VLAN and you can largely buy whatever cheap IPCams you want, etc etc. If you want remote access you should expose the server running the camera management software/NVR securely, not the cams.

This is basically how I run Frigate at home today, with only the NVR able to reach the camera IPs on my no web access “internet of nothing” VLAN.

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2. mbasho ◴[25 Aug 25 01:41 UTC] No.45009420[source]▶
Related to the original comment - can anybody recommend a budget router with vlan?
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3. fc417fc802 ◴[26 Aug 25 16:18 UTC] No.45028633[source]▶
Buy recycled last gen corporate hardware off ebay or similar.