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This might not answer all of your questions and I only have very small number of cameras, but I would recommend to buy any IP Camera that supports RTSP and then create a seperate VLAN or LAN for the cameras to not be able to phone home or anywhere else. I actually have a complete isolated smarthome network using a opnsense Router and it works Quite well and at least feels safe.
Another way could be to invest in unifi / ubiquiti cameras, they have a good Reputation. Integration in frigate or homeassistant I dont know.
I'll hop on this. I lot of the cheaper cameras ONLY have cloud connectivity, which is not what you want. You specifically need to look for RTSP cameras, and shy away from any that are overpriced because they provide "AI" bullshit onboard. You can use Frigate to do inference to detect objects and events if you wish, so don't by the default of having that on the camera.
Edge AI inference is very valuable, just not in this context.
It never really is in most contexts though 🤣
True, especially if it's oriented at a consumer and not commercial.