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People have different dispositions, live in different environments with different levels of support from law enforcement and face different threats. I live in
by jcims 1y ago
People have different dispositions, live in different environments with different levels of support from law enforcement and face different threats. I live in a remote area and am regularly away for extended periods of time. I’ve spent years with and without any security cameras and I’m generally more content when I have a few keeping an eye on the place.
- kube-system 1y agoThis! And also, cameras are not just useful to monitor criminal threats. If you’re away from a property for long periods of time, they are also helpful to monitor for weather damage, misdelivered packages, animal activity, etc.
- jcims 1y agoYes. The vast majority of utility for me has nothing to do with criminals lol.
- goopypoop 1y agoWhat do you do when you're away and something happens? What if you're away and the feed dies?
- kube-system 1y agoI’d assess the urgency of the situation and deal with it however I feel appropriate?
- goopypoop 1y agoAlright mate, I'm not probing your defences. I'm just wondering how much peace of mind you get at a distance. I mean, are you flying home if a misdelivered dog gets struck by lightning on your lawn? And how urgent is a blank feed? If not "drop everything" (even though it's probably nothing) then what's the point?
- kube-system 1y agoI'm not really sure what you're getting at. I don't have cameras as a crutch for an anxiety disorder, I use them to solve property management problems. If there is something that needs to be addressed, I do so. This may or may not require my involvement depending on the issue. If a camera breaks (which isn't common), I order whatever parts that may be required if any, and fix it when convenient. A broken camera gives you exactly the same information as a camera that doesn't exist: zero information. If this gives someone enough anxiety that they would need to drop everything, they probably need therapy.
- goopypoop 1y agoI was wondering about the events you're monitoring home for while you're on holiday. Were you saying something more like cameras mean you don't have to do your usual rounds on foot? Regardless, when I said "blank feed" I meant a scenareo where you're away and you don't know why the feed is blank. It's not the same as a non-existent camera: it's telling you there's a mysterious problem. Can you ignore the chance that it's an extremely urgent problem?
- kube-system 1y agoThe cameras that people have on their homes are not necessarily places that they are at on a regular basis. Some homes are vacant, some are secondary homes, some are vacation homes, some are rentals, etc. I've had a couple failures over the past ~decade and it has never been "mysterious". If you don't panic and use context clues, there is always plenty of information. Pretty much any foreseeable urgent problem resulting in a failure would have produced some footage that indicates the issue. And non-urgent problems that result in failure are easy to detect. (e.g. if your UPS sends you an on-battery alert, and 5 minutes later your cameras fail, you just had a power outage) The only time that cameras go black without warning and it is warranted to panic is when you're the comic relief character in a bad horror movie.
- goopypoop 1y ago