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Taking walks around the neighborhood, I've stared to notice just the sheer number of these cameras. It bothers me that I end up on probably 10+ doorbell cameras

Taking walks around the neighborhood, I've stared to notice just the sheer number of these cameras. It bothers me that I end up on probably 10+ doorbell cameras, possibly showing up as an alert on someones phone. I live in a suburb where basically nothing ever happens. Sure, there's the occasional clip posted on nextdoor of a rude driver or some kids stealing a lawn ornament. But I highly doubt that the grainy unfocused video of a doorbell camera was ever pivotal in solving these crimes. I just don't understand why so many people want to record the front of their house, and pay someone like Amazon a monthly fee to do so.

iaHN 6y ago
Fear is incredibly profitable.
manirelli 6y ago
I live in a decent/nice neighborhood too. For me, its about easily tracking deliveries and general security with a bonus of cool storm footage. That being said, my camera alone has stopped multiple porch pirates (one even got to the door and yelled "he's got a NAME BRAND CAMERA" and then they snapped 180 and bolted. I've also recorded gunshots when a drunken party got out of hand and helped confirm with police the exact time of the shooting. I watched a fedex driver jump my 6ft fence TWICE to deliver a package to my back door. Completely idiotic here in the south... I've captured multiple crashes as well as a hit and run at my neighbor's house from a distracted driver. I captured footage of a thief sneaking into and out of my neighbor's house as well which led to an arrest. A single one of those instances would have been worth it to me to have a camera let alone these and more. I think most people have no idea what is happening in their little neighborhood and having photographic evidence can really change your perception of the area as well as potentially provide footage/evidence (at your discretion) to the relevant authorities.

iaHN 6y ago

Fear is incredibly profitable.

manirelli 6y ago

I live in a decent/nice neighborhood too. For me, its about easily tracking deliveries and general security with a bonus of cool storm footage. That being said, my camera alone has stopped multiple porch pirates (one even got to the door and yelled "he's got a NAME BRAND CAMERA" and then they snapped 180 and bolted. I've also recorded gunshots when a drunken party got out of hand and helped confirm with police the exact time of the shooting. I watched a fedex driver jump my 6ft fence TWICE to deliver a package to my back door. Completely idiotic here in the south... I've captured multiple crashes as well as a hit and run at my neighbor's house from a distracted driver. I captured footage of a thief sneaking into and out of my neighbor's house as well which led to an arrest. A single one of those instances would have been worth it to me to have a camera let alone these and more. I think most people have no idea what is happening in their little neighborhood and having photographic evidence can really change your perception of the area as well as potentially provide footage/evidence (at your discretion) to the relevant authorities.