Since then I have gotten Ring and definitely feel more secure. We even found footage of a man stealing our mail and were able to confirm with Ring app footage from a neighbor that the man stealing the mail was the same stealing their mail.
All of the people I know with Nest/Ring/Arlo/whatever who have been unlucky enough to suffer a break-in have found the thieves frankly don't care about the obvious presence of the cameras and neither did the cops care all that much for the footage.
I like these smart cam products for spying on if my Amazon parcel has arrived, or what my kids might be up to in the yard. For crime _prevention_, I don't especially rate these things personally.
> Since then I have gotten Ring and definitely feel more secure. We even found footage of a man stealing our mail and were able to confirm with Ring app footage from a neighbor that the man stealing the mail was the same stealing their mail.
In that case was, the culprit ever apprehended?
Even with a picture of a car, and a decent photo of a face, there’s not much that can be done. You need a license plate. There’s no way to identify these people.
However, some in our household were worried being targeted because of our position or industry. However, the security camera showed it was a homeless person stealing the mail of everyone on the street which (although annoying) was nice info.
Wouldn't it be more useful, not to mention less prone to falsely inflaming your fear and still being respectful of your fellow man, to put security cameras and motion detectors inside your home instead?