A few weeks ago i was walking my dog around 11pm, and a driver jokingly did a brake torque as we were crossing the street. He was maybe 3 feet away from us.
After yelling at each other, he threatened to kill me and my dog the next time he saw us. As I pulled my camera he peeled out and hurled a racial comment my way. Sadly, there was so much movement i couldnt get the plate, and i didnt get anything that happened before that on camera.
So I got a body cam to wear for all my walks. Unfortunately, this is not the only time people have been racist and threatened my life so I’m just tired of it and hoping it might encourage people to behave. Feels lame, but it does provide some comfort. Does anyone else do the same?
I did not want a front doorbell camera due to them pretty much require cloud storage. I’m in a condo, can’t really run my own camera lines. Anyway, it made sense, if they steal the camera, footage is not gone. Did NOT go with ring, their employees snoop through private cameras and Amazon provides your footage to police upon request without a warrant.
It is nice to see timestamps and package deliveries. I originally got it because of issues with people in the halls, but just knowing the camera is there has quashed that behavior, or at least moved it.
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/05/ftc-says-ring-employees-illegally-surveilled-customers-failed-stop-hackers-taking-control-users
There are some doorbell cameras that transmit it to a separate device inside your house for local storage and does not require internet, but then again, if they got inside, they could steal that device too, and you also lose the footage.