> there is no such expectation of privacy from those who could reasonable observe you The difference between a neighbor looking out their window or sitting on

> there is no such expectation of privacy from those who could reasonable observe you The difference between a neighbor looking out their window or sitting on their porch as you pass, and a tiny device watching 24/7, saving everything it observes, and making the recording available to third parties including the police*, without either the owner or you being informed is gigantic. There is no comparison here: these cameras are different in kind (not degree) from the normal human lack of privacy on the sidewalk. > Certainly most people do not install a doorbell camera with the intent to violate privacy But they do, in fact, in actual practice. Just as a hunting accident may not have been intentional but still has an effect. --- * If you give me six minutes of video of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him. – Cardinal Richelieu, probably