>"I don't recognize that name, but I retired a few years ago and haven't really kept up with changes in the industry."

They have been around for many years. Parent is Samsung, I think. They also market under the name Wizenet, I think

>"Question out of random curiosity, do they have a tool for managing very large numbers of cameras?"

Yes

>"How long do they support their cameras?"

Seems like many years. They use security screws, metal enclosures, have alarm contacts, good documentation, full line of every kind of mount you would need, all the stuff a professional would expect. And they are NDAA approved, of course.

>"I've only seen two manufacturers who really understand that security cameras should actually be secure, Axis and Pelco."

I would add Hanwha to that list as well. Again, not cheap, but serious stuff.

>"So this isn't at all what you asked for, but I'm going to throw it out there anyway: Ubiquiti. You'll pay more and they're all PoE rather than wireless, but if you spend the money and run the wires (hey, you have to run a wire for power anyway, might as well use it for data, too) you won't regret the results."

I second that. Have a system at work and was impressed and bought one for home. You can do everything with their gateway and also stream to other devices at will. Everything under your control and stored locally. And their stuff is constantly improving. At home using the Cloud Gateway Max, U6 Pro WiFi, G5 Turret Ultras which are not that expensive and have a great picture, basic AI that works well, look great, super easy to mount and aim. And Unifi WiFi stuff is near the best. So you can have a great gateway/firewall/console, plus WiFi, plus video up in no time, and manage it all via a web page.

WiFi should never be used for cameras. It is too unreliable, too easy to fail, too easy to jam, too frustrating in every way. Running that cable is a hell of a lot better in the long-run (pun intended).

To watch your dogs a wifi device is OK but if real security is a concern understand that home invasion gangs use ~10W wifi jammers as standard practice now.

Amcrest supports RTSP pull and SFTP push which is handy.

Hey it's been about 15 years, if you remember me, I'm the #1 Starcraft/Broodwar/Warcraft3 guy.

What you might not know about me is Steve Jobs and Larry Page used my 100+ pages to design the smart phone.
didn't sue them because I was waiting til they became the Surveillance State and they have..
So I showed my designs to Warren Buffet's Lawyers last year and Warren Buffet sold 133$ billion.
Steve Jobs didn't invent the Smart Phone, I did.
See designs at: www.techaform.com
In response to revealing to the world in Fall 2024, Apple/Google did not honor me, instead Tim Cook cost his company $833 billion fighting me:

1) Warren Buffet sold $133 billion in stock when his lawyers advised him my designs were indefensible.
2) Open AI cancelled its deal with Apple. $300 billion(future of Apple)
3) The stock market crashed on March 6th,2025: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroup... $200 billion
4) Eu fined/regulated Apple/Google... $200 billion

If I wanted money, I would have sued em 20 years ago for a hundred mil. I'm already succeeding in what I wanted to achieve.
I designed this to fight surveillance state.
Yes, I chose to not take a hundred million when I was young so I could help the world when I was older. Not many are like me.
I saw the phone would have GPS and everyone would use it. As a punk, I stood vs corporations and control at age 23. I saw it coming.
I had a choice: Don't invent the Smart Phone, or invent it so hard that I'd have a hand in the game down the road. I chose to bridge over the River Kwaii it.>
I have a solid following of over 100,000 people today... They see me as a champion for freedom world wide who'd rather live in poverty willingly than give in to the surveillance state. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DG7...
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web: http://techaform.com/
Design papers from 2000 that Tim Cook stole: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechaform.com%2Fbin%2FSmar...
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#1 Virtual keyboard
#2 3 button nav
#3 App store
#4 Palm+Cellular
#5 Cloud Computing
#6 Contact list
#7 Advanced Scheduler
#8 The Smart Watch->Apple Watch
#9 APPLE VISION PRO IN GOGGLE DISPLAY!
#10 Global Positioning System
#11 QR business Cards
#12 Wireless communications in a handheld device
#13 Fuzzy search settings by typing
#14 Different Sounds for different alerts & Vibro/Visual/Sound Alert combo.
#15 Voice recorder
#16 Air tags
#17 Wire to computer to move files
#18 Undo/redo
#19 Contextual help system/Adaptive onboarding and custom icon set circle around ?
#20 Spell Check
#21 Copy/paste
#22 Customizable programmable calculators
#23 Graphical User Interface (GUI) Principles for Mobile for screen realestate-Hideable zones/Customizable Home screen
#24 Email
#25 Media Casting from Mobile to External Display (from _ChromeCast_TO TV _DISPLAY)
#26 Filesystem Navigation in PDA/Smartphone (_filesystemfolder)
#27 Foldable Screen Hardware Design
#28 Different Device size parameters to different users
#29 Ergonomics of Device Dimensions and UI Layout
#30 Pc data link cable:
#31 Ipod designs

So I'm working casually on screenless cell phones and Star Trek like Computer Linux Interface designs...

>"MY prediction is that I will never buy a pair of these from anyone."

Me neither.

>"They are just another over priced 3D TV type product as far as I am concerned."

I love 3D TV. And it wasn't over-priced; maybe added 5% to the cost of my TV choice at the time? Totally different thing than being a Glasshole.

>"Seems like everyone wears contacts, gets lasik, or something?"

None of those work (or work well) for loss of near vision, which will happen to all of us. And many of us don't want to have to put on and take off reading glasses 1,000 times a day so we get bifocals or progressive lenses and just wear them all day.

Don't believe me? Get back to me when you are 40 or 50... :)

>"in many EU countries, there VERY MUCH is an expectation of privacy in public. Set up a doorbell camera in Germany that films anything but your own front yard, and enjoy the lawsuits from your neighbors. Store the footage more than 72 hours? More legal problems. It's great ... they take personal freedom seriously. don't just pay lip service to it."

Um, that isn't taking personal freedom seriously. That is taking personal PRIVACY IN PUBLIC seriously. Often freedom and privacy are linked. But in your example, they are taking away individuals' freedom to record what they see while in public. Right?

Exactly how does this equate to when you are in a park and want to photo or video your kids? You have to somehow frame everything so no other human is ever visible? How about if you are at a party? You have to get permission slips from everyone? What about places where it is essentially impossible to de-frame other people, like a concert, or a theme-park? How will a dash-cam fit into this paradigm?

What we most need privacy protection from are systems that tie multiple cameras together into networks that spy on us while "in public". I am not as concerned about individual people or home security cameras.

Although- putting on "glasses" that record people without others knowing, especially people being actively interacted with, is EXTREMELY RUDE. It breaks all social norms and contracts. And it is not at all the same as people occasionally pulling out a camera/phone to take a photo or video.

There is a reason people coined the term "Glasshole". https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki...

>"If your argument is not able to stand by its own, without your name, your reputation or people checking your post history, it is no good argument."

One can have a reasonable argument, but also be completely unreasonable, socially. I agree that AC postings *can* have value. Yours is a perfect example. You are clear, respectful, and add to the conversation. The problem is that it often is just a bunch of nastiness or trolling. And because so many abuse it, people will filter it all out, or make negative assumptions about the poster's information or intent.

I am probably an outlier. Whether I post somewhere will full ID, with a pseudonym, or completely anonymously, I always write exactly the same way. With the same tone, respect, and diligence. I don't resort to personal attacks or inflammatory tone, I try to put myself in other's shoes and see multiple perspectives, and try to assume the poster I am responding to is acting in food faith (unless he or she proves otherwise in that posting). It seems this is far from "normal", though, which is a shame.

>"If you don't want to put your name to what you say then you're not worth giving a shit about. The AC thing has run it's course. There's no point in having it anymore. All it does is allow fuckwits to unleash their most fuckwitttest version of themselves."

I don't even think it needs to be your "name". (Note, you don't use your name.... I actually do, but that was my choice). At least requiring a login so there is some "handle" to show previous activity and positions is useful. And there is still a reputation to protect, even if it is not a person's actual name/identity. So I agree with you on the "AC" stuff on Slashdot. It is abused as a way to just attack positions or people without any reference.

I say this but am FIERCELY against platforms requiring verified "ID" in order to post. Even if they allow a public-facing alias. For me, that is a bright red line. And we are already crossing that line very quickly in this backwards methodology of "saving the children" when the real problem are having access to unrestricted devices, not the platforms, themselves.

>professors "struggle to accommodate the many students with an official disability designation,"

Do they also get to bring their "emotional support animals" to the test?

>"At Brown and Harvard, more than 20 percent of undergraduates are registered as disabled. At Amherst, that figure is 34 percent."

Why does that not surprise me.

>"But I would say that insurance should pay if the scan turns up anything requiring medical attention - early detection saves money."

I would say it is very unlikely any insurance will retroactively pay for a non-medically-indicated (non-physician-ordered and with justification) scan. Even if it picks up something that is a valid concern. However, they should cover further investigation/treatment of something discovered. Including further scans to clarify and follow-up scans.

It would be insane to not get a copy of any imaging. You can't rely on some health system storing your stuff for more than X years and it will get silently deleted. And if you need an old image for a baseline comparison, you will be out of luck. Plus, if you wait until later, you might forget to get it, or not remember where you had it taken, or the company might have gone belly-up or sold and systems changed.

>"I've always wondered if there might be a benefit to a full body scan along these lines not for its own sake, but for what it could tell me later in life when something actually is wrong. Does having a "before" image help to weed out things"

I came to point out this exact case. There is probably a good reason to have a body scan sometime in mid-life as a "baseline" so you have something to compare back to. I believe this will probably become routine at some point. Maybe at age 45 or something. But for now, a full-body MRI it is very slow and expensive. A CT scan would be much faster and cheaper, but not as good.

Of course, when comparing back, it might still not be ideal because the resolution might have been too low, or would have needed some special contrast, or different exposure, or needed to be a PET, or something else.

And what happens when you wash it?