I joined NextDoor partially from curiosity, partially for some deals on secondhand goods. Not a week goes by that several points aren't made with little clips

I joined NextDoor partially from curiosity, partially for some deals on secondhand goods. Not a week goes by that several points aren't made with little clips from these sorts of cameras. A few have gotten jammed, although the owners didn't immediately know it -- they didn't understand why the cameras suddenly stopped working as someone came in range. I'm not really sure what these things are for. Nobody seems to be able to identify anyone from these (low resolution, not a great frame rate or bit depth, the person is often masked), yet people post "Do you know who this is who was trying the handle on my car door at 3 a.m.?" I would think people would do better with concealed, street-adjacent pairs of cameras pointed antiparallel to capture license plates and just use this Ring business as a way to know when to check the cameras. As it stands, they seem to be "Yes, a porch pirate did in fact take your stuff" confirmations and little else.