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Not referenced in this article, but something I've been thinking about while reading about the security kerfuffle, why are people putting cameras in their kids
by BEEdwards 7y ago
Not referenced in this article, but something I've been thinking about while reading about the security kerfuffle, why are people putting cameras in their kids rooms?
I get the exterior, but why are they spying on their kids? I can't think of a security reason for it, it's just super controlling and creepy.
- rooam-dev 7y agoIf it's just a baby then I'd want to keep an eye to not fall of the bed. Door would be closed to reduce the noise. That said, I never did it... just thinking. When they are older then I don't have a good reason.
- nwallin 7y agoBaby monitors are a thing and have been for close to 80 years. Now that cameras and displays are cheap video is on there too.
- BEEdwards 7y agoI don't mean baby monitors, I mean cameras in the room of an 8 year old. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-hacks-ring-camera-8-year-old-girl-s-bedroom-n1100586 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-hacks-ring-camera-8...
- all_blue_chucks 7y agoSo that they can be watched from elsewhere in the house...
- mulmen 7y agoObviously, but the question is why parents would do this.
- all_blue_chucks 7y agoProbably because they have multiple rooms in their homes.
- mulmen 7y agoThat doesn’t really answer the question. If technology allows unlimited monitoring of your children where would you draw the line? Do you want to raise people who accept constant surveillance as a fact of life? They’re home, give them their own space.
- all_blue_chucks 7y agoIn my own house I have cameras wherever I find them convenient. A playroom is not a bedroom or a bathroom.
- teddyh 7y ago“You had to live – did live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”
- jmiserez 7y agoOrwell didn't know we'd have IR illumination on cameras...