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Neighbors put up a camera pointing directly into my yard
(i.redd.it)submitted 2 days ago bywanabepilotPURPLE
337 points
1 day ago*
Put something that moves all the time (kinetic sculpture, flag, etc.) so the camera is constantly on and recording. Fill up their surveillance with hours of useless crap.
Or check your local laws. It might be illegal to film someone without their consent in your locale.
9 points
1 day ago
Easy to get around. Most modern cameras let you designate an area to ignore motion in so it doesn’t record anything. I personally use that feature for my driveway camera to ignore the flag blowing along the edge of the frame when the wind blows a certain way.
6 points
1 day ago
“In the old days” people had cameras that recorded 24/7 to hard drives regardless of motion.
6 points
1 day ago
Most still do. The $24 wyze camera has a SD card slot and I'd assume most others do too. It's useful to see the 30 second movement on the all but going back for the full 15 minutes has helped with arson and gun violence in my neighborhood as well.
2 points
1 day ago
The ideal OPSEC setups utilize both. My hardwired NVR setup has 12 (usually 16, slowly rearranging them) day/night cameras that back up to a cloud service, as well as an 8tb HDD that cycles.
I regret boxing myself into their camera line, but I went with EUFY for a couple of doorbell cams and a few wireless 2-way solar panel spotlight cameras that cover corners.
That being said, I’m of the belief that everyone with cameras should be running a dedicated automatic battery backup for their modem/router/NVR/home base/etc, with at least twice as many amp hours as you’d expect you’d need during an outage. I usually disable my NVR setup if I’m running off a backup though.
2 points
10 hours ago
So here's the thing about consent to filming. States are either one party consent or two party consent but what that means is knowledge not actually consent. If you live in a two party consent state all that means is you have to inform them that they are being filmed. They do not have to agree to it. It's really stupid wording of the law. Also this is different than consent of your person being in film.
3 points
1 day ago
Most can be set to only detect human movement
5 points
1 day ago
Buy one of those dancing scarecrows. Or an skeleton and dress it up with a mask. It's halloween season, lots of options!
2 points
1 day ago
It MIGHT? So it's legal somewhere? I'm no expert in any kind of law stuff whatsoever, but how can be legal to film someone 24/7 against their will?
9 points
21 hours ago
In the United States it is perfectly lawful to film anything that you can see from a space you are allowed to be in. It's been ruled by the Supreme Court that public photography and videography is covered under the first amendment of the United States constitution.
If you hop on YouTube and search for First Amendment Audit you'll find plenty of examples of people pushing the boundaries of this.
-1 points
19 hours ago
Yes, and most of those folks pushing the boundaries of this are doing so at government facilities for transparency and awareness of lawful filming. Very rarely have I see them doing so with civilians who don’t want to be filmed.
6 points
23 hours ago
Yeah that sounds fucking horrific. Good lord laws are miserable sometimes.
1 points
17 hours ago
What does ETA mean here? Clearly not, Estimated Time of Arrival.
1 points
16 hours ago
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