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Ask HN: Why don't security cameras look like eyeballs that move and blink?
Wouldn't such security cameras be more likely to attract people's attention and discourage bad behavior?
- aurizon 5y agoYes put them in pairs, on mobile platforms about 4 inches apart, with microphones and a dead dulling substance in between and use radio communications and for high speed mobility special cars..... Ever see Smokey the Bandit? Humor aside, eyes that follow, etc might have a huge creepy factor...strikeback?
- PaulHoule 5y agoThere are COTS https://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Security-Surveillance-Detection-Waterproof/dp/B07Y31474X https://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Security-Surveillance-Detecti... seems with the right software you could make these follow people around and act intimidating.
- llampx 5y agoThe point of a surveillance system, for better or for worse, is to fade into the background so the subject forgets that they're being surveilled, even if they know about it.