I love Home Video Surveillance...

...but I am aware of the issues.

And then we have the “recovery” of the door bell video in the Nancy Guthrie’s case which was initially unavailable because she did not have a playback account.

I have maintained for many years that having video surveillance in this day and age is necessary and thanks to technology, an inexpensive thing to have. But also from the get go, I refused to have any cameras inside the house because I simply did not trust being watched by the company. And I accidentally discovered that they are indeed recording all the time and that subscribing is just you paying for the privilege to access the stored video when I finally activated the free trial of one of the cameras a couple of months after installation and I was able to access most of the video, if not all of it.

When I saw the “technical/forensic rescue” of Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell video, I chuckled knowing that what was probably done was get a warrant for the already recorded and saved video and have the company release it to authorities.

Ring, if I recall correctly has within its customer contract the “choice” of allowing them to share video with law enforcement at any time in the name of neighborhood security. Supposedly you have to agree to give access to your feed, but then again it is them who own the software and what it collects, right?

And to the question of AI Face/Shape search recognition, I am sure that it is already being done, simply we are not being told it is happening. Once you have the data (video) searching for something or someone in the near or distant past is just a question of processing power, not legality or morality.

So, once again no indoor cameras! I understand that there are bound to be a few exceptions, but make the imagery within a very narrow scope and never forget you are being recorded for video and audio. And when done, unplug the camera and stash it away in a dark noisy corner.