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How do you prevent people from getting to close to your house and invading your privacy? Someone can come on your property with the intention to rob you, stalk

How do you prevent people from getting to close to your house and invading your privacy? Someone can come on your property with the intention to rob you, stalk you, etc and if they get caught they can just they were passing through. And unless you have cameras it would make it pretty difficult to prove otherwise. When you're out in the woods all alone that makes you pretty vulnerable and this isn't a situation I would want to be in.

BobaFloutist 2y ago
It sounds like you're not a good candidate for an owner of a large parcel of wilderness. And that's ok! Not everyone has to own acres of undeveloped land! I think it's appropriate that some kinds of ownership are as much a responsibility as a privilege, similar to how not everyone is prepared to be responsible for river or stream running through their property. For a somewhat tortured metaphor, there are seats on planes that give extra leg room, as long as you're willing and able to help others in the case of an emergency. You get the benefit of the extra leg room, but you get the responsibility of helping others in an emergency. And that seems like a fair balance!
- throwaway22032 2y ago
  They are not a candidate but in fact an actual owner. It is theirs and not yours.
  - BobaFloutist 2y ago
    That's ok, I'm a voting member of the general public, and if we decide it's to the benefit of us all for the public to have access to their land, we will!
    - tiberious726 2y ago
      So robbery? If you want it, you'll take it
      - BobaFloutist 2y ago
        Call it "eminent domain." Sometimes the needs of the many outweigh the wants of the few!
doctor_phil 2y ago
Preventing accidental privacy intrusion is easy. If you have a fence around your property (or even something as simple as a mowed lawn) then it is quite obvious where your plot starts and where the forest ends. Someone malicious doesn't care about laws anyway. If they get caught today, couldn't they could just deny that they were there? I don't understand what would change in that case.
NeoTar 2y ago
"Access rights do not extend to the land surrounding a house or other dwelling (e.g. a static caravan) to the extent needed to provide residents with a reasonable measures of privacy. This is usually defined as the garden around or adjacent to the house that is intensively managed for the enjoyment of residents. " - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Outdoor_Access_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Outdoor_Access_Code The article goes on to give examples where this has been legally determined to be a significant area - over 5 hectares (12 acres) around a property ... for people like me who don't fully understand areas in this context, that would be a square of 220m (720 feet) to a side. You are allowed to fence this area off, or take other security measures. And ultimately - its not hugely different to the current situation. If I intend to commit a crime against you, is adding a trespass going to dissuade me?

BobaFloutist 2y ago

It sounds like you're not a good candidate for an owner of a large parcel of wilderness. And that's ok! Not everyone has to own acres of undeveloped land! I think it's appropriate that some kinds of ownership are as much a responsibility as a privilege, similar to how not everyone is prepared to be responsible for river or stream running through their property. For a somewhat tortured metaphor, there are seats on planes that give extra leg room, as long as you're willing and able to help others in the case of an emergency. You get the benefit of the extra leg room, but you get the responsibility of helping others in an emergency. And that seems like a fair balance!

throwaway22032 2y ago
They are not a candidate but in fact an actual owner. It is theirs and not yours.
- BobaFloutist 2y ago
  That's ok, I'm a voting member of the general public, and if we decide it's to the benefit of us all for the public to have access to their land, we will!
  - tiberious726 2y ago
    So robbery? If you want it, you'll take it
    - BobaFloutist 2y ago
      Call it "eminent domain." Sometimes the needs of the many outweigh the wants of the few!

doctor_phil 2y ago

Preventing accidental privacy intrusion is easy. If you have a fence around your property (or even something as simple as a mowed lawn) then it is quite obvious where your plot starts and where the forest ends. Someone malicious doesn't care about laws anyway. If they get caught today, couldn't they could just deny that they were there? I don't understand what would change in that case.

NeoTar 2y ago

"Access rights do not extend to the land surrounding a house or other dwelling (e.g. a static caravan) to the extent needed to provide residents with a reasonable measures of privacy. This is usually defined as the garden around or adjacent to the house that is intensively managed for the enjoyment of residents. " - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Outdoor_Access_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Outdoor_Access_Code The article goes on to give examples where this has been legally determined to be a significant area - over 5 hectares (12 acres) around a property ... for people like me who don't fully understand areas in this context, that would be a square of 220m (720 feet) to a side. You are allowed to fence this area off, or take other security measures. And ultimately - its not hugely different to the current situation. If I intend to commit a crime against you, is adding a trespass going to dissuade me?