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I'm sick and tied of cameras (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I feel the same,
to battle it I drive with my sun visors down,
all the time, even when it's dark.

I never voted for these camera's,
and driving with them down is not illegal,
but they successfully block the sight of most camera's.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Brilliant idea. I'm gonna try that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly I don't mind the street cameras as much. Where I am they are less common and only really seen in busy intersections. What bothers me is when everyone and there dog puts up cameras. You see them everywhere from coffeeshops to libraries. You want to stay in a hotel? Cameras everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week 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.