[dangus]

Smartphone?

There are quite a few videos online of a lot of things that I’ll never encounter. Buying a doorbell camera for three figures of dollars plus potential cloud storage/service fees doesn’t seem like financially appropriate response to me.

[lotsofpulp]

What about smartphones? They have also exposed a ton of fraud by cops.

They’re not pointed at the front door all the time, so not very useful for cops breaking in. And in any case, cops will have access to their bodycam videos for their side, which you may or may not get access to. Best to have as much data that you have access to for your defense.

[dangus]

I think that the statistical risk of having the cops unlawfully break in to your house is extremely low, and that incidents of it happening on video/social media/the news greatly over-reports that risk.

I’d certainly like to have surveillance if that were to happen to me but I think the likelihood is extremely low, to the point where I’m pretty sure tossing money at the problem will be a waste.