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Amcrest AD410 Video Doorbell privacy & local-first review
Wired (doorbell wiring) · List price: Unverified
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73Local-First Score
how we score
how we score
At a glance
| Works without internet | Yes Yes, after setup (community-tested)1 |
|---|---|
| Local storage | Yes microSD (up to 128 GB)2 |
| Home Assistant | Local polling Official · Local Polling (legacy YAML)3 |
| Open protocols | Yes RTSP (Amcrest support article); ONVIF not stated on the product page4 |
| Subscription needed? | Not needed Not for microSD recording (product page lists microSD up to 128 GB with app playback)2 |
| Cloud account required? | Unverified Unverified: setup uses the Amcrest Smart Home app; we found no Amcrest statement on whether an account is required5 |
| End-to-end encryption | Unverified |
Score breakdown
| Works without internet | Yes | 20 / 20 |
|---|---|---|
| Local video storage | Yes | 15 / 15 |
| Home Assistant, locally | Local polling | 15 / 15 |
| Open protocol (RTSP / ONVIF / Matter) | Yes | 10 / 10 |
| No cloud account required | Unverified | 0 / 10 |
| No subscription for core recording | Not needed | 8 / 8 |
| End-to-end encryption | Unverified | 0 / 7 |
| Privacy policy: does not sell your data (brand) | Says no sale "Amcrest will not sell your personal information at any time under any circumstance."6 | 5 / 5 |
| Police requests: warrant or no access (brand) | Discretionary App privacy policy: Amcrest "may provide certain portions of your personal information to lawful organizations and government authorities if so requested." No warrant requirement stated.67 | 0 / 5 |
| No incidents in our tracker, last 5 years (brand) | Incident found 1 in our tracker since Oct 2021 | 0 / 5 |
| Total | 73 / 100 |
Privacy notes
- Amcrest's privacy policy says it will not sell personal information and will not share it unless required by law or with consent; its apps may share non-personal device data (device type, name, ID) with third parties.7
Police & law-enforcement requests (Amcrest)
Discretionary App privacy policy: Amcrest "may provide certain portions of your personal information to lawful organizations and government authorities if so requested." No warrant requirement stated.67 Compare companies
Security incidents & settlements (Amcrest)
| Date | Company | What happened | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2021 | Amcrest | CISA added CVE-2020-5735 (Amcrest cameras and NVRs, stack buffer overflow on port 37777, CVSS 8.8) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, meaning it was exploited in the wild. First disclosed in 2020; patched firmware exists.8 | Serious vulnerability |
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| Device | Score | Offline | Local storage | Home Assistant | RTSP/ONVIF | Subscription | Account |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubiquiti UniFi G4 Doorbell ProDoorbell · Wired (doorbell wiring or PoE kit) | 90 | Yes | Yes | Local push | Yes | Not needed | Not required |
| Reolink Video Doorbell (PoE / WiFi)Doorbell · Wired (PoE or 12–24 VAC) | 82 | Yes | Yes | Local push | Yes | Not needed | Not required |
| Amcrest AD410 Video DoorbellDoorbell · Wired (doorbell wiring) | 73 | Yes | Yes | Local polling | Yes | Not needed | Unverified |
| Aqara Smart Video Doorbell G4Doorbell · Battery or wired | 43 | Partial | Yes | Community only | No | Not needed | Unverified |
Reolink RTSP/ONVIF setup note (added Oct 22, 2026): on many current Reolink models, RTSP and ONVIF (and on some, HTTP) ship switched off. Reolink says to enable them once in the Reolink App or desktop Client under Network > Advanced > Server Settings, or in the web interface where it is reachable910. For cameras attached to a Reolink NVR or Home Hub, enable the ports on the NVR/hub instead9. The App and Client can manage a camera as a "Local Device" using only its UID, username and password, so no Reolink account is needed for this step11. Home Assistant users report the same out-of-the-box behavior on recent firmware12.
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Sources
- IP Cam Talk: AD410 review / offline report (community) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Amcrest: AD410 product page · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Home Assistant: Amcrest integration · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Amcrest: AD410 RTSP setup (VLC) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Amcrest: AD410 quick start guide · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Amcrest: Privacy protection (apps) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Amcrest Privacy Policy · checked Oct 22, 2026
- NVD: CVE-2020-5735 (Amcrest cameras/NVR; in CISA KEV) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Reolink: How to configure Reolink ports settings · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Reolink: Reolink Home Assistant integration (prerequisites) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Reolink: Local Device vs Account Device · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Home Assistant Community (user report): Reolink cameras ship with open-protocol ports off · checked Oct 22, 2026