| > What's the big deal if it's ring, or me with a bunch of chinese-made POE cameras and blue iris as a local server? If it's just you with a local server, then I only have to worry about you. If it's going to someone else's server, then I have to worry about them as well. And in the case of Ring specifically, that someone else is Amazon -- which is even more concerning. > shouldn't people have the right to set up surveillance on their own house for protection and deterrence? Sure, I never said otherwise. I have a surveillance system myself (on my own local servers), but I take great pains to ensure that no cameras are capturing anything that isn't my property. > It's a deterrent and doesn't necessarily mean high crime. I never said that it automatically means a high crime area. It's just highly suggestive of it. If it's a low crime area, far fewer people would feel the need for this sort of thing. > if you live in Major City like I have my whole life, it's just a fact of life that you're going to want stuff like this. No, it's not. I've lived in a number of major cities, and have never felt the need to point cameras at my neighbor's houses or the street. |