You don’t have to pick a dystopian spyware camera to deter porch theft. This attitude is why we can’t have nice things.

I will have my own definition of dystopia and not rely on some privileged HNers definition. Thank you very much

What is the issue with a porch camera looking out into a low traffic public space like my own personal driveway? I seriously don't understand the complaint here, and I say this as someone who has a Faraday pouch for my phone and a policy of no AI "assistants" WITHIN the house.

There isn’t any issue with a camera. The issue is that you lazily picked the spyware camera from Amazon.

…and? I’m paying them for a service if handling recording and integration with the app, etc.

What is the problem here?

Since the camera is a good deterrent, would you then consider disabling the service?

Why would I? It faces my private driveway which, is my property in a public space. I have absolutely no qualms about that being recorded.

this is exactly why i added a fake camera in front of my door.