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Keep Tab On Home Security With A Webcam And Twitter

tech.shantanugoel.com — Worried about someone breaking into your house in your absence? Or just need to keep a tab on who enters your room while you are away? Well, all you need is a webcam, a linux PC/laptop and a twitter account.

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  • equinoxChild, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2Nice! I wonder if its possible to make it record video and stream it/ upload it to remote location so that if someone breaks in, and steals the machine you're using to record, you could still view some of the video before the connection was broken.
  • shantzg001, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1yeah equinox, its possible..u cud use motion to record it and then use a script to ftp it. otherwise u can even use mplayer to record the webcam like this: http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2008/05/12/fun-with-w ...

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