Hi there everyone,
I’m hoping to replace all my blink and ring devices and I’m wanting to start with the video doorbell. I’ve done a bit of searching and reading and the Reolink seems well-thought of with the community so I’m thinking of going that route.
I wonder, though, what I need to do to ensure I’m not just buying another device that sends everything to the manufacturer or affiliate.
Do you folks have a go-to method of vetting something before plugging it into the network? I’ve tried to search for some data on this specific device but I keep finding links to manufacturer’s data, which doesn’t seem wise to trust.
Any thoughts or suggestions on checking out what a device might do, whether it be a community-maintained wiki of devices or even a source for traffic monitoring of these devices would be most welcome.
To provide some context, I am not hyper-focused on privacy and by that, I mean that I use some software and services that definitely use my data against me. I have a grey area and am not trying to go full unabomber cabin. I would just like to have a way to find out, for example: “this device will try to reach out to these 5 domains or ips, which can be blocked at the network level.”.
Thanks for your time!