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I used to think the same thing until I caught a 40 year old man stalking my teen daughter and continually trying to peer into her bedroom windows on camera. So

I used to think the same thing until I caught a 40 year old man stalking my teen daughter and continually trying to peer into her bedroom windows on camera. So while it feels good to be ignorant, it doesn't make everything go away. Also, the people commiting crime seem the most concerned with people having cameras. Hmm, wonder why.

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rex_gallorum2 4y ago
The irony is that you wouldn't know if your neighbors were using their own cameras to observe your daughter. Or you for that matter.
BeetleB 4y ago
Your use case would have been fine with external cameras, right? I believe that was the intent of the GP's question: Why have indoor cameras?
- rex_gallorum2 4y ago
  The indoor camera thing is pretty freaky. Setting them up to keep an eye on things when you are gone would probably be a good idea - but all the time?
  - Antelope13 4y ago
    We have a few rescue cats that each have... quirks. We have two indoor cameras set up in our basement: one on the feeding area, and one on the potty area. Sometimes they fight over food (automated feeder) and one doesn't get fed. But it's hard to tell if they're meowing at us because they were bullied out of food, or because they know we are softies and will feed them if they meow enough. We can check the feeder footage and see who got fed. One of them is potty-shy, and about once every 3-6 months stops using the litter box and starts using obscure corners of the basement until we can coax him back to using the litter box. We check the footage every couple days to make sure he's using litter boxes. For a software-oriented site, I'm baffled at how obtuse users can be. A lot of the negativity I'm seeing is along the lines of "I have no use for an indoor camera, therefor anyone who uses them is dumb." There are lots of legit uses (if you think about it for more than 2 seconds), and not all of us want provide the police with indoor footage of our cats shitting.
    - rex_gallorum2 4y ago
      Farms use cameras extensively for similar purposes. It makes sense. I think these kinds of specific, limited applications are very different from just setting them up everywhere because you are afraid and leaving them on all the time. I'd say the same if someone had a stalker or a deranged family member who might show up at any time. There are definitely good uses for networked surveillance cameras.
- icelancer 4y ago
  He specifically mentioned street facing cameras, so I don't think it's just indoor cameras.
kodt 4y ago
Many people use them as baby monitors or nanny cams.

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rex_gallorum2 4y ago

The irony is that you wouldn't know if your neighbors were using their own cameras to observe your daughter. Or you for that matter.

BeetleB 4y ago

Your use case would have been fine with external cameras, right? I believe that was the intent of the GP's question: Why have indoor cameras?

rex_gallorum2 4y ago
The indoor camera thing is pretty freaky. Setting them up to keep an eye on things when you are gone would probably be a good idea - but all the time?
- Antelope13 4y ago
  We have a few rescue cats that each have... quirks. We have two indoor cameras set up in our basement: one on the feeding area, and one on the potty area. Sometimes they fight over food (automated feeder) and one doesn't get fed. But it's hard to tell if they're meowing at us because they were bullied out of food, or because they know we are softies and will feed them if they meow enough. We can check the feeder footage and see who got fed. One of them is potty-shy, and about once every 3-6 months stops using the litter box and starts using obscure corners of the basement until we can coax him back to using the litter box. We check the footage every couple days to make sure he's using litter boxes. For a software-oriented site, I'm baffled at how obtuse users can be. A lot of the negativity I'm seeing is along the lines of "I have no use for an indoor camera, therefor anyone who uses them is dumb." There are lots of legit uses (if you think about it for more than 2 seconds), and not all of us want provide the police with indoor footage of our cats shitting.
  - rex_gallorum2 4y ago
    Farms use cameras extensively for similar purposes. It makes sense. I think these kinds of specific, limited applications are very different from just setting them up everywhere because you are afraid and leaving them on all the time. I'd say the same if someone had a stalker or a deranged family member who might show up at any time. There are definitely good uses for networked surveillance cameras.
icelancer 4y ago
He specifically mentioned street facing cameras, so I don't think it's just indoor cameras.

kodt 4y ago

Many people use them as baby monitors or nanny cams.