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It is paranoid to think that the people outside your house want to rob or kill you. It is not paranoid to see that the “wrong context” is just a matter of time.

by drb91 8y ago

Shivetya 8y ago
There is no more paranoia in having a camera security feature than locking your door. if people are checking out your house repeatedly then you might have a problem so a precaution is fine. considering that it is easy to surf news sites and find video captured by home surveillance systems showing people taking packages, trying to get in, or having broke in, it is not unreasonable to install such a device. the issue is that the data would be available to the police without the homeowners permission. people coming to the door have no expectation of privacy on property they do not own and if need be a simple sign on the property can declare as such.
- gambler 8y ago
  There is a huge difference between locking your door and setting up a CCTV system at your house. Locking doors (in normal residential areas) is mostly a signal of intent. You signal to everyone you don't want them entering your house, unless you've given them permission/key. It also sets things up so that no one can enter your house and then claim they didn't know you didn't want them there. Thirdly, it sets thing up so that people who want to enter your house without a key will have to act in an obviously suspicious way. If someone breaks a window or starts breaking your door with an axe, any neighbour or passer by will know something weird is going on. None of this applies to CCTV systems. >considering that it is easy to surf news sites and find video This is confirmation bias in action. You need statistics on your residential area to make decisions around home security.
- drb91 8y ago
  Well, a lock does a great job at not letting people into my apartment. Why not put the camera inside the door? It is trivial to find videos of people committing crimes, but that does not imply anything about its likelihood. Meanwhile the state has an excellent record of abuse of power for ends that are unrelated to the reasons given for the power. See: the use of “terrorism” to justify militarizing domestic law enforcement, or parallel reconstruction. The issue is that this idea that centralization of information will somehow avoid the pattern of abuse of centralized power in the hands of people with perverse incentives. This video stream should be considered private property IMHO which requires a warrant like anything else.

It is paranoid to think that the people outside your house want to rob or kill you. It is not paranoid to see that the “wrong context” is just a matter of time.

by drb91 8y ago

It is paranoid to think that the people outside your house want to rob or kill you. It is not paranoid to see that the “wrong context” is just a matter of time.

Shivetya 8y ago

There is no more paranoia in having a camera security feature than locking your door. if people are checking out your house repeatedly then you might have a problem so a precaution is fine. considering that it is easy to surf news sites and find video captured by home surveillance systems showing people taking packages, trying to get in, or having broke in, it is not unreasonable to install such a device. the issue is that the data would be available to the police without the homeowners permission. people coming to the door have no expectation of privacy on property they do not own and if need be a simple sign on the property can declare as such.

gambler 8y ago
There is a huge difference between locking your door and setting up a CCTV system at your house. Locking doors (in normal residential areas) is mostly a signal of intent. You signal to everyone you don't want them entering your house, unless you've given them permission/key. It also sets things up so that no one can enter your house and then claim they didn't know you didn't want them there. Thirdly, it sets thing up so that people who want to enter your house without a key will have to act in an obviously suspicious way. If someone breaks a window or starts breaking your door with an axe, any neighbour or passer by will know something weird is going on. None of this applies to CCTV systems. >considering that it is easy to surf news sites and find video This is confirmation bias in action. You need statistics on your residential area to make decisions around home security.
drb91 8y ago
Well, a lock does a great job at not letting people into my apartment. Why not put the camera inside the door? It is trivial to find videos of people committing crimes, but that does not imply anything about its likelihood. Meanwhile the state has an excellent record of abuse of power for ends that are unrelated to the reasons given for the power. See: the use of “terrorism” to justify militarizing domestic law enforcement, or parallel reconstruction. The issue is that this idea that centralization of information will somehow avoid the pattern of abuse of centralized power in the hands of people with perverse incentives. This video stream should be considered private property IMHO which requires a warrant like anything else.