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by jonatanheyman 3126 days ago
No, I doubt that. For someone to be convicted for this, criminal intent must be proven. If someone lives alone - and informs any guests that they have a camera inside - it should be hard for the burglar to claim that the home owner intended to secretly film them.
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On the other hand, the purpose of installing a camera in the first place would be fairly good proof of intent to secretly film intruders. That's somewhat the entire point of security cameras.