[ra120271]

My personal trust of devices like this is low - and since it is capturing public side recordings (outside my front door) I'm less worried about the vidoes. I just prefer to treat them as untrusted devices and put them on my guest network isolated from the rest of my network.

[sofixa]

> since it is capturing public side recordings (outside my front door) I'm less worried about the vidoes

Differences between countries are funny. For instance, in France Rings don't fly because you're filming a public place, and by default people have an expectation of privacy and the right not to be filmed. If you want to film a public place (like put a camera that covers the street), there's a specific process to follow that includes getting a permission from the privacy authority, putting up warnings, and having processes (who has access to the videos, when, why, etc.).

[ra120271]

I agree with the sentiment. Technically I only trigger video on my property boundary to avoid the street and protect the public's reasonable right to privacy.

[mtlmtlmtlmtl]

Apparently quite a few people have Ring cameras inside their homes as well.

And another point. You might not think video outside your home matters, but it could be invaluable to burglars who want to know when you're not home. I could imagine it being used to deanonymize location data as well because it would provide known locations and timestamps to filter data against.

[zht]

I guess?

They can also just park on the street and watch you…

[mtlmtlmtlmtl]

Yes, but doing that is much more risky and time consuming. The burglar could find the basic pattern in a matter of hours rather than days of sitting on the house at the risk of being reported as suspicious. They would also be able to tell which entrances are surveilled and use that information for the burglary itself.

So you could make an argument that woth their terrible security track record, numerous leaks etc Ring is more of a help to potential burglars than it is useful as a security device.

[_justinfunk]

You think he's so stupid he goes out his own front door? /butchered sg-1 reference

[mehlmao]

> I don't care because it's just the privacy of my neighbors (and their friends and families)

[ra120271]

I only trigger video on my property boundary to avoid the street and protect the public's reasonable right to privacy. There will always be the risk of coincidental videoing when someone is on my property - but I try my best to respect my neighbours.