They are literally everywhere. I can’t go any place without being watched. I just want some privacy. The most alarming part is that they put cameras on all entrances and exits so they can know who’s entering or leaving. Why do they need to stalk me as I go about my day? The area I live in is overall pretty safe so I don’t see the justification.

I have also noticed that some people actually feel safe where there are cameras. I get that people can get scared but I don’t think creating a giant network of mass surveillance is the answer.

What is this dystopian future we have marched into.

  • SolarMonkey@slrpnk.netEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago

    Even worse imho is that many private residences now have cameras that record the whole street and other homes. No, they aren’t technically allowed to, but they all do. I have a neighbor across from me who just put up a ring doorbell that fully monitors my entire property (small town lot directly across). They now essentially create records of every time I come and go from my own house. And Amazon, and likely whomever else wants it, has full access to that information.

    Not cool. These should be flat out banned. I don’t care if you want to have an overhead camera pointed only on your property, but that’s not what these things do at all.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      Are you sure?

      I also have a Ring doorbell camera so I know when someone is at the door.

      • records on motion, not always
      • motion detection has limited range, and Ring has options to tune it to your property line
      • wide angle lens gets really poor with distance.

      I live in a neighborhood where everything is close together so I tested this out. The camera can see there is a person walking on the other side of the street but not well enough to know who it is, plus it won’t be recorded since that is outside motion detection range

      It will record you detectably on my side of the street but I have that mostly configured out. In general it’s not recording you unless you’re on my property l and even if it recorded more, pictures from any distance are extremely poor

      • IMongoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        Ya, my ring barely recorded cars driving by until I shortened the range. Also, imagine all the alerts if it was recording things 100ft away. Your phone would never stop buzzing.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      You could ask your neighbor to take it down. I don’t think that’s a crazy request if the camera makes you want to close all your blinds.