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Unrelated, but am I the only person who finds the concept of “getting notifications for somebody walking by a house” to be really creepy?
by cwillu 1y ago
Unrelated, but am I the only person who finds the concept of “getting notifications for somebody walking by a house” to be really creepy?
- baq 1y agoit isn't creepy, it's super annoying if you don't live in the woods. got a ring doorbell and turned them off a few hours after installation, it was driving me nuts.
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoWell yeah, but that's in part a problem with always-on doorbell cameras. On paper they're illegal in many countries (privacy laws, you can't just put up a camera and record anyone out in public), in practice the police asks people to put their doorbell cameras in a registry so they can request footage if needs be. Anyway, I get wanting to see who's ringing your doorbell in e.g. apartment buildings, and that extending to a house, especially if you have a bigger one. But is there a reason those cameras need to be on all the time?
- plasticchris 1y agoAt least in the USA it’s legal to record public spaces. So recording the street and things that can be seen from it is legal, but pointing a camera over your neighbors fence is not.
- 1718627440 1y agoAnd a lot of people don't share that opinion, so this isn't the law in a lot of countries. When you wanted to suggest that it is a problem, that US companies try to extend the law of there home country to other parts of the world, then I endorse that.