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Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption)

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Why This Matters

Secluso offers an open-source, privacy-focused home security camera system that leverages Raspberry Pi hardware with end-to-end encryption, enabling users to monitor their homes without relying on cloud services. Its quick setup, transparency, and self-hosting capabilities make it a compelling choice for privacy-conscious consumers and developers in the tech industry. This development underscores the growing demand for secure, customizable, and open-source home security solutions.

Key Takeaways

Secluso is a private home security camera system for Raspberry Pi. Watch live video, get alerts, and open recordings from your phone without handing your footage to a cloud provider.

Secluso is developed by Secluso, Inc. and co-founded by:

Ardalan Amiri Sani, a UC Irvine professor with expertise in computer security and privacy,

John Kaczman, an open source and privacy enthusiast with experience in automation, systems, and AI.

Features

End-to-end encrypted remote access: Watch live video, get alerts, and open recordings from your phone.

Watch live video, get alerts, and open recordings from your phone. 5-minute setup: Secluso Deploy handles image building, pairing, and relay setup in the normal path.

Secluso Deploy handles image building, pairing, and relay setup in the normal path. Open source: Inspect the code, self-host it, and contribute.

Inspect the code, self-host it, and contribute. Fully reproducible releases: Verify the released runtime binaries, deploy tool, Android mobile app and Secluso OS against the public source code.

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