You can build this with a camera and code project ai. I do this with Blue iris, HomeSeer and codeproject AI over MQTT.

Move it to Linux. Windows is terrible.

I have a camera in my basement that faces the backdoor in the basement. The idea there is if anyone breaks in that door- we would see them. There is also one outside that door as well (loads of them now).

I also have a few in the attic. Thought we had a mouse issue- turns out it was a bat. Allowed me to call the right guy.

I guess I would want to know where the recordings are. I use Blue Iris and my network is pretty well locked down. I don’t record to the cloud or anything.

I do have an outdoor shower near that basement camera. I am the only one that uses it. Honestly, the video quality of most of these cameras is good but not the great. Even if I was naked and I was paparazzi material, the video would be worthless.

It is probably less of a risk than the video alexas, googles, and zoom machines we have around the house.