Comment by nothrabannosir
1 year ago
Against what does a security camera protect you? I understand for a business that can afford a human being monitoring the feed, it offers protection by reducing response time to potential threats. But for individuals? I thought it was about justice, not protection.
Or did you mean as a deterrent? Which is fair enough (although a fake camera would achieve the same)
It can be all of that and more. And in my case, if someone breaks into your house and steals your stuff, the police will not care because you don't have any evidence. And then your insurance doesn't believe you either and threatens to drop you.
And if someone is trespassing and about to commit a crime, you can be notified (yes even as an individual, with your own private self-hosted solutions even) immediately so that you can call police or deal with it however you want, especially if you're not home.