There is pressure on both sides of the issue. A lot of people prioritize security over privacy. My subdivision has a single entrance. I've been lobbying the HOA members to support installing a prominent camera there to dissuade thieves. It's less important to me that it works then that it is visible. (I have one at my driveway entrance; the one at the subdivision entrance would help the whole community.)

I would certainly not support a Flock camera wired into their network, but do support a camera limited to HOA control. It would make me feel a little easier about trips away. The potential loss of privacy in my comings and goings seems like a reasonable price to me.

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cj00 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If they put up a fake camera, what happens when an incident occurs and the footage is requested? Does it just become an internal secret that it’s not a real camera?

On the other hand, installing a real camera means costs associated with monitoring so you also need to convince everyone it’s worth that cost.

	▲	delichon 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think of it as a scarecrow.

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ekholm_e 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

When my wife and I moved into our previous house (in a bit of a rough neighborhood), the owners before us had an ADT security system installed. We didn't re-up the contract, but we kept the sign.

	▲	mindslight 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you didn't know - depending on the contract (who owns the hardware), plus the specific type of hardware it is, you can often move the monitoring to a different company and/or self-monitoring. There are national independent monitoring companies that will help you set this up. (it feels weird to be advocating a different centralized surveillance solution in a thread about Flock. So I'll just add Fuck Flock!)

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BigTTYGothGF 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I've been lobbying the HOA members to support installing a prominent camera there to dissuade thieves.

Do you actually get thieves or have you worked yourself up over nothing?

	▲	delichon 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Congratulations if you've never been burgled. I've been hit by it three big times and dozens of small ones, mostly in suburbia. If you haven't I can see why you would put a higher priority on privacy.

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ghostly_s 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You get burglarized a lot?

	▲	delichon 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A little. In the last one the culprit was caught on a game cam, the property was recovered, and the burglar did some jail time.

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LiquidSky 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Is your community experiencing an epidemic of theft that needs dissuading? So much that you feel unsafe taking trips away from your home?

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