This is a victory in a long fight, not just against blanket police surveillance, but also against a culture in which private, for-profit companies build special tools to allow law enforcement to more easily access companies’ users and their data—all of which ultimately undermine their customers’ trust.
Thing is. Good chance your neighbour was probably a victim of crime. A few nights in a row I was making supper and someone was trying to get in my place by trying the handle. My packages also started to go missing and a few years ago someone walked into my apartment while I was trying to wrangle my cat because the fire alarm was going off, pretty sure they wanted to rob my place because they left without saying anything and got freaked out when they saw me still there. It’s nice having it because I can see who is at my door Without putting myself in the line of fire, and it deters people from pulling any bullshit while I’m not home.
It’s understandable that it’s a bit annoying it’s pointed right at your door. Mine doesn’t face anyone’s door. Just the hallway, you could ask your neighbour to install an angled adapter so it’s not facing your door. Personally I treat my building hallways like I would treat any public place, and always assume there’s a camera somewhere. There’s also a very good chance there is CCTV in your building already if it’s a larger building.
Yeah, there are definitely cameras in the lobby, but none of the individual floors. And they’re not ring cameras or whatever the Amazon ones are called. The personal doorbell cameras are a huge security risk and a malevolent actor could hijack my neighbor’s to see when I’m not home. So it puts me in more risk, arguably. Not to mention whatever shitty security the camera company has. The building is a little older and the cameras in he lobby are cctv, so a little different. And I get being cautious. I just wish it weren’t pointed at my door. Like you said, I can always talk to them.
Thing is. Good chance your neighbour was probably a victim of crime. A few nights in a row I was making supper and someone was trying to get in my place by trying the handle. My packages also started to go missing and a few years ago someone walked into my apartment while I was trying to wrangle my cat because the fire alarm was going off, pretty sure they wanted to rob my place because they left without saying anything and got freaked out when they saw me still there. It’s nice having it because I can see who is at my door Without putting myself in the line of fire, and it deters people from pulling any bullshit while I’m not home.
It’s understandable that it’s a bit annoying it’s pointed right at your door. Mine doesn’t face anyone’s door. Just the hallway, you could ask your neighbour to install an angled adapter so it’s not facing your door. Personally I treat my building hallways like I would treat any public place, and always assume there’s a camera somewhere. There’s also a very good chance there is CCTV in your building already if it’s a larger building.
Yeah, there are definitely cameras in the lobby, but none of the individual floors. And they’re not ring cameras or whatever the Amazon ones are called. The personal doorbell cameras are a huge security risk and a malevolent actor could hijack my neighbor’s to see when I’m not home. So it puts me in more risk, arguably. Not to mention whatever shitty security the camera company has. The building is a little older and the cameras in he lobby are cctv, so a little different. And I get being cautious. I just wish it weren’t pointed at my door. Like you said, I can always talk to them.