I used to have things stolen off my porch frequently. After installing a Ring camera, that ended immediately and never happened again. It did seem to work as a deterrent.
You don’t have to pick a dystopian spyware camera to deter porch theft. This attitude is why we can’t have nice things.
What is the issue with a porch camera looking out into a low traffic public space like my own personal driveway? I seriously don't understand the complaint here, and I say this as someone who has a Faraday pouch for my phone and a policy of no AI "assistants" WITHIN the house.
There isn’t any issue with a camera. The issue is that you lazily picked the spyware camera from Amazon.
…and? I’m paying them for a service if handling recording and integration with the app, etc.
What is the problem here?
I will have my own definition of dystopia and not rely on some privileged HNers definition. Thank you very much
Since the camera is a good deterrent, would you then consider disabling the service?
Why would I? It faces my private driveway which, is my property in a public space. I have absolutely no qualms about that being recorded.
this is exactly why i added a fake camera in front of my door.