what value do these systems actually provide to anyone but the manufacturers and those capable of exploiting them?
Fyi, this was amongst car salesman. But I can't say the 10%+ stat is too far off for other industries too.
i suspect in more than a few of those cases. their severe paranoia behavior actually led to the break which led directly to the cheating.
seriously, if you’re that paranoid, either seek individual/couples counseling or just end the relationship, something else is very very broken.
and if your partner is tracking you, run fast and run far, that person is not well.
Finds evidence of cheating.
"Try not being so paranoid."
that’s very bad faith, hn is better than that.
If this were true people would act a lot better in public, they do not.
I notice most gfs these days resort to "why do I have to..." when upset. Which bothers me because I have never ever said someone MUST do anything.
There are many things a person should do. But almost nothing they actually have to do.
That.is.abuse.
How about we stop letting abusers think that human beings are property meant to be controlled.
Nobody controls anyone with an camera, this is no different than leaving a note to your kids "DONT EAT ALL THE FOOD IN THE FRIDGE".
Its the misuse of it that is abusive.
if they can’t leave their creepy partner for some reason, hopefully they look up how to bypass security cameras in an obvious way just to annoy the creepy guy.
In some coutries, this will land them in jail.
Or the guy installing obvious cameras in his house that his wife knows about and agrees to have there?
Attempt it at home. Ftfy.
EDIT: If an existing relationship isn't enough to "deter" cheating, nothing is. You might as well find a divorce attorney than put up cameras.
A friend, that never would have dreamt about using cameras like this, only found out his wife was cheating when she had a major car crash at 3am returning from her affair partners house. He was at a national lab where he works the night shift.
And since I'm in sales overall I have a lot of friends and I talk a lot. And I like to drink, and guys with relationship troubles are driven to drink and gravitate to me during that stage of their life.
And I'm single at 40, so I hear about a lot of relationship trouble because I'm easier to talk to than a married guy which doesn't exactly want to hear about cheating and failed relationships.
- you are in a high crime area. footage can be useful to police.
- you have a babysitter or nanny for a young child, and want to deter unethical / wrongful behavior.
- you have a pet that you leave at home for parts of the day, and want to keep an eye on them. to “check in” while on the go.
- you have an elderly family member and don’t live nearby, and want to be able to quickly see if they’ve fallen. for example if they call you daily and suddenly aren’t answering their phone. Good peace of mind.
- pointing a camera at the stovetop can be useful to solve the age old question “did i forget to turn the stove off?”
- pointing a camera out the window to see something fun. For example birds, deer, squirrels, etc.
That’s just what i could think of in 2 minutes. I’m sure there are other use cases.
As a nerd I can easily set up some webcams on my wifi, place them on a firewalled IOT vlan, and securely expose them through the ios home app (with HomeAssistant)…and call it a day.
But your average person has no clue how to do that, or anything similar…nor do they care. Sad but true.
Every privacy issue slated against security cameras can be made towards the security camera and microphone everybody has in their pocket at all times.
I use one for when my place is vacant, and it just records to SD card with major changes being kept and the rest overwriting. Keep it relatively hidden and should I be burgled at least there's something to show the police.
Reolink is a Chinese company....
monkpit•2mo ago