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I own several dropcams but don't understand most of the language in this article - are there any precautions I should be taking that I may not be already?
by vogt 10y ago
I own several dropcams but don't understand most of the language in this article - are there any precautions I should be taking that I may not be already?
- eridius 10y agoIt sounds like all you can do is wait for an update to be released and install it once it is.
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- ChuckMcM 10y agoAdd some security cameras that do local storage. Which is of course completely counter to the 'win' of cloud based video storage. The bug is that a sophisticated burglar can cause your cameras to stop recording.
- pfarnsworth 10y agoMost burglars don't care about alarms or cameras. They wear a mask, go to the back door between 11am and 3pm when most people are gone, kick it in, rummage for anything for 3 mins and then run away. It's very low probability of catching criminals with a simple workflow like this.
- otterley 10y agoDoes this statement come from statistics? If so, can you cite the study, please?
- pfarnsworth 10y agoFeel free to google it for yourself if you're interested.
- otterley 10y agoYou're the one who made the claim. Telling someone to "Google" it isn't helpful, and makes your claim seem even less plausible. Help educate us, instead.
- Neliquat 10y agoNo study, but this is a very common MO, if not the most common. This is not an extraordinary claim that needs proof.
- otterley 10y agoThe claim was (emphasis mine): "Most burglars ... wear a mask, go to the back door between 11am and 3pm when most people are gone, kick it in, rummage for anything for 3 mins and then run away..." Emphasis on the word "most" here. That implies a majority. If the author had said "some" or "many," that would be uncontroversial. Here, however, the author is making a specific quantitative/statistical claim, and it is that that deserves proof.
- vogt 10y agoWell, yeah. But coming from a high crime area (Las Vegas) I can tell you that cameras are critical to catching burglars and it happens all the time. Your things can be recovered or at the very least you may be helping prevent future burglaries. If you can have them or an alarm, even though it may not do any good in the moment, it's not like it is completely fruitless to have them. In some places, the more security the better.
- Johnny555 10y agoDepends on your threat model, I'm more interested in catching a thief stealing packages from my porch (as happened to a neighbor). These thieves don't typically wear a mask as it's hard to be inconspicuous while walking around the neighborhood with a mask. The key is to make sure your cameras cover the street so you can capture their car, and even better if your neighborhood has a critical mass of cameras so even if they park of range of your camera, your next door neighbor may have caught them.
- asafira 10y agoWhy not a camera that has both local storage and cloud based storage? Like my phone.