Says in the article they use Sentinel Geese, a domesticated and very aggressive and territorial bird that signals loudly when anything in their area is off. They’ve been used for decades to guard farms and fields. Says the prisoners are responsible for caring and feeding for them and they’ve been warned that the geese will turn on anyone even their handlers.
Tells you when a package arrived and when the neighbor stole it off your porch. Tells you someone rang the bell when not home and lets you remotely yell ant the door to door sales people.
I mean they’re useful, but I sure wouldn’t ever trust one connected to any sort of cloud.
I do have a UniFi door cam that records to a local hard drive. I like it. Ties in with my other cameras to watch my vehicle in my driveway.
Wildly, I recall there’s still a community out there that use the Zune. Software is still available and you can find them on eBay. Honestly miss mine. Had the 1TB version and that thing was great