• moakley@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    We don’t have a doorbell cam because we live in a dystopia and I don’t want the cops or the government to have visual access to my front door at all times.

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      2 days ago

      Also savvy criminals would have jammers on. There is little question in my mind that tech bro bastards probably shut down all cameras they don’t fully control if they go anywhere. They want all the privacy in the world while they probably want a nice shot of your ass as you take a dump.

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        1 day ago

        We’re talking about children playing a harmless prank… They’re not bringing “jammers” with them. Point was that a doorbell cam would let them see that it’s just kids goofing off. If the bell rang late at night, they looked at the cam, and it was all scrambled, I think it would be pretty safe to assume that wasn’t ding dong ditch.

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          I was referring to actual criminals and not kids playing pranks.

          Ring cameras absolutely have been hacked and jammed. The people who did that weren’t kids being annoying. They were car theft rings who used the time that cameras were downed to steal cars.

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            1 day ago

            Yes, I understand. The point is, if your shit is being jammed, then you likely have genuine reason to be concerned. So the doorbell cam helps you realize they’re not kids playing a prank doesn’t it

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        2 days ago

        jammers

        No idea why you need something as sophisticated as a jammer when you can just stick a piece of tape over the lense.

        Either way, yeah. These cameras are more useful for a panoptican security state than any individual home owner.

        And even then… not that beneficial.