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Macharic
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‎2025-04-07 03:59 AM

Essential outdoor camera randomly turns on. I don’t receive a notification I just see the light on. Is my camera being hacked? Or is it an update of some sort? I’m nervous someone is watching mez

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    @Macharic wrote:

    Essential outdoor camera randomly turns on. I don’t receive a notification I just see the light on. Is my camera being hacked? Or is it an update of some sort? I’m nervous someone is watching mez

    Do you have activity zones set for the camera?  That would explain your symptoms.

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‎2025-04-07 04:47 AM
@Macharic wrote:

Essential outdoor camera randomly turns on. I don’t receive a notification I just see the light on. Is my camera being hacked? Or is it an update of some sort? I’m nervous someone is watching mez

Do you have activity zones set for the camera?  That would explain your symptoms.

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