I wonder if placing the doorbell facing the door, rather than street, is a workaround for this. Most people have porches, with a column, and while running wire

I wonder if placing the doorbell facing the door, rather than street, is a workaround for this. Most people have porches, with a column, and while running wires could be tedious, it means you'll never have valuable footage for law enforcement, except in your own cases.