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I live in a city near Oakland and Ring is an incredibly helpful tool. The alerts around porch pirates and burglar breaking into houses make the aggravated crime
by DevKoala 5y ago
I live in a city near Oakland and Ring is an incredibly helpful tool. The alerts around porch pirates and burglar breaking into houses make the aggravated crime situation of the past two years almost tolerable. I often see videos in the Neighborhood app in which potential burglars detect the camera and turn around. Other times, they cover the camera as soon as they notice it, but hopefully they have been recognized by then. From my experience, these devices truly help when it comes to crime prevention and keeping the neighbor safe.
- livueta 5y agoHow much of that benefit do you think is attributable to the networked aspects of Ring, vs., say, a similar level of coverage of non-centralized cameras? I guess this could come off as a loaded question, but I'm genuinely interested in the perspectives of actual users.
- mc32 5y agoI'm not familiar with Ring but I would say the ease of clipping and exporting/forwarding the evidentiary footage is the the part that makes it easy to use. A platform like FB or ND where the police have a presence make it easy for inhabitants to send the footage with little friction to the PD units.
- debacle 5y agoMany people see it as a novelty. I know a bunch of people with "dog cams" in their house, even wired up with speakers so they can talk to the dog during the day. With the ring, people who have it tend to be fans of it. As a luxury item, that kind of makes sense to me. Privacy is an afterthought.