Thinking about this more I agree with you and think the answer for me is to simply have the cameras off by default and only use implicitly when away and monitor

Thinking about this more I agree with you and think the answer for me is to simply have the cameras off by default and only use implicitly when away and monitoring makes me feel better. They provide little, possibly negative, service during the time a household member is home. Being from a similar background as you I have a hard time with the labels rich/wealthy, so my apologies for being defensive. The wealth aspect is interesting as you pointed out because that is what I think of in the past, however now I think it is accessible for many as costs of cameras and online video storage come down. The usefulness of camera surveillance seems to diminish though when you are not trying to spy on people who have privelaged access to your home that are not household members and may or may not deserve the same level of privacy (to bring this full circle back to work surveillance).