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I'm looking to buy some security cameras for my mother in law. I currently have a small server with plenty of storage at my place that I'd prefer to use on at least a temporary basis to keep costs down. Are there any self hostable cameras that support a built in VPN? I currently use tailscale for my network but I'm open to learning something else. Alternatively, can they run over a tailscale subnet router? I don't use that yet but if I could place a cheap node in her place to help her access footage and my other services via subnet routing I'll do that too.

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[โ€“] Shameless@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When did OP say they were specifically asking for privacy focused suggestions?

I'm a big fan of privacy but I've also worked in IT for over 20 years and know that you have to also consider convenience of technology for older people, otherwise they just avoid using these things.

[โ€“] iamthetot@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Their title and post mention VPNs multiple times. The P is Private. They also mention wanting to use their own storage, again implying privacy. Their entire post implies they care about privacy.