[rackjack]

It's funny because you'd think this watchfulness + technology like Nextdoor would let kids be more independent, e.g. if anybody tried to snatch your kid they'd be reported by half a dozen busybodies watching through their windows.

[greedo]

This assumes that most users of Nextdoor or have video cameras dotting their house are interested in protecting kids. Nextdoor is a cesspool of racism, and everyone I know who has "security" cameras is afraid of people stealing their stuff. Despite crime in our area being at an all time low and property theft very uncommon.

[bombcar]

I suspect more has been spent on anti-theft for houses than total thefts.

Places where theft really IS common don’t put up cameras (they’d get stolen), they put up bars.