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eufy (Anker) SoloCam S340 privacy & local-first review
Battery + solar · List price: $219.99 (list)1
Last verified · 3 unverified items
31Local-First Score
how we score
how we score
At a glance
| Works without internet | Unverified eufy's outage chart does not list the S340. |
|---|---|
| Local storage | Yes 8 GB eMMC on-camera; HomeBase S380 optional12 |
| Home Assistant | Community only No official integration; community add-ons exist3 |
| Open protocols | No No NAS per eufy's storage table; no RTSP documented by eufy for this model2 eufy's storage table covers local, NAS and cloud backup only; we found no eufy RTSP documentation for the S340. |
| Subscription needed? | Not needed No monthly fee1 |
| Cloud account required? | Unverified |
| End-to-end encryption | Unverified |
Score breakdown
| Works without internet | Unverified | 0 / 20 |
|---|---|---|
| Local video storage | Yes | 15 / 15 |
| Home Assistant, locally | Community only | 6 / 15 |
| Open protocol (RTSP / ONVIF / Matter) | No | 0 / 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) | Unverified | 0 / 5 |
| Police requests: warrant or no access (brand) | Legal process Anker (eufy's owner) confirmed to CNET in 2022, as reported by The Verge, that it would not give authorities footage without a warrant or court order; Consumer Reports says eufy confirmed it also has a policy for sharing without a warrant in potentially life-threatening emergencies.45 | 2 / 5 |
| No incidents in our tracker, last 5 years (brand) | Incident found 4 in our tracker since Oct 2021 | 0 / 5 |
| Total | 31 / 100 |
Privacy notes
- eufy's storage table lists no cloud backup option for the S340.2
Firmware & phoning home (not scored)
- eufy says some of its products upload small thumbnail images to an AWS cloud server for push notifications. In Nov 2022 a researcher showed eufy uploading thumbnails, including faces, to the cloud despite its local-storage claims; Anker reportedly called this a misunderstanding.67
Police & law-enforcement requests (eufy (Anker))
Legal process Anker (eufy's owner) confirmed to CNET in 2022, as reported by The Verge, that it would not give authorities footage without a warrant or court order; Consumer Reports says eufy confirmed it also has a policy for sharing without a warrant in potentially life-threatening emergencies.45 Compare companies
Security incidents & settlements (eufy (Anker))
| Date | Company | What happened | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | eufy (Anker) | eufy's US distributors paid $450,000 to settle a New York Attorney General investigation over unencrypted streams.8 | Regulator action |
| Nov 2022 | eufy (Anker) | Researchers showed eufy uploaded thumbnails to the cloud and that live streams could be viewed in VLC without proper authentication.76 | Undisclosed sharing / retention |
| Jun 2022 | eufy (Anker) | Cisco Talos disclosed another critical (CVSS 9.8) remote-code-execution flaw in eufy HomeBase 2 (CVE-2022-21806) with technical details.9 | Serious vulnerability |
| Oct 2021 | eufy (Anker) | Cisco Talos disclosed critical eufy HomeBase 2 flaws, starting with CVE-2021-21940 (heap overflow in the RTSP video server, CVSS 10.0), with technical details; Talos lists the vendor patch as October 10, 2021.10 | Serious vulnerability |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubiquiti UniFi G5 FlexCamera · PoE | 90 | Yes | Yes | Local push | Yes | Not needed | Not required |
| Ubiquiti UniFi G5 BulletCamera · PoE | 90 | Yes | Yes | Local push | Yes | Not needed | Not required |
| Ubiquiti UniFi G4 InstantCamera · USB-C, Wi-Fi | 90 | Yes | Yes | Local push | Yes | Not needed | Not required |
| eufy (Anker) SoloCam S340Camera · Battery + solar | 31 | Unverified | Yes | Community only | No | Not needed | Unverified |
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Sources
- eufy: SoloCam S340 product page · checked Oct 22, 2026
- eufy: Storage methods compatibility table · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Home Assistant: EufyHome integration (lights/switches only) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- The Verge: Which camera companies share video without a warrant (Jul 2022) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Consumer Reports: Ring, Google, SimpliSafe could share footage with police · checked Oct 22, 2026
- eufy: Statement to our community (Nov 2022) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- The Verge: Eufy streams viewable in VLC (Nov 2022) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- NY Attorney General: $450,000 eufy settlement (Jan 2025) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Cisco Talos: eufy HomeBase 2 use-after-free (TALOS-2022-1440) · checked Oct 22, 2026
- Cisco Talos: eufy HomeBase 2 heap overflow (TALOS-2021-1369) · checked Oct 22, 2026