“Using your Mac as a security monitor or surveillance device is an idea whose time has come,” Jeffrey Mincey writes for Bohemian Boomer. “For those of us with a Mac at home, gathering dust while we work and play, turning a Mac into a security tool seems like the right thing to do.”
“Unfortunately, no one can agree on how to get it done. Google’s Nest division bought Dropcam, my favorite security and nanny-cam maker. Now I have fears that Dropcam will be watching me instead of watching my house, and Google will become the ultimate digital Big Brother,” Mincey writes. “So, I decided to take matters into my own hands and put to use some of those video cameras that have been gathering dust.”
Mincey writes, “Enter Periscope Pro [US$24.99], a video surveillance app for the Mac. The app comes with plenty of features but handles multiple cameras, including the Mac’s built-in iSight camera, USB cameras, remote cameras and even IP-based cameras.”
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