But interestingly the Chinese competition from Xiaomi has a hybrid model - it can be set up to record everything onto a micro-sd card, which it does whether or not it&#x27;s connected to their servers. If it is, you can can then view a live stream on your phone (and get notifications for motion, etc), or shuttle back through the recorded video on the card in the camera. I am actually happier to be spied on by Xiaomi, I doubt they would share anything with various TLAs in the US somehow... (mine is watching my front yard, too, not especially sensitive).