well I have a criminal mind, whatever that means, its why I am in security.. I can see the flaws in most any system and devise a way around em.. but im a white hat through and through.
all it takes is a $2 mask to defeat the cameras, and viewing online you know know all the locations, views, and blind spots of every camera... have you never seen an action movie where they hijack the cctv system to there own advantage? well now you dont even need to hijack it because your just giving it to them free and clear.. hell they can even stay inside safe knowing there are no cops or home owners sneaking up on em.. why would a criminal be afraid of some cheap Chinese cameras with a shitty view? they arent now, they know almost all residential cameras are made up of and they end up producing shit that cant be used for anything 9 times out of 10.. if you have cameras and all that security you must have something worthwhile to steal, mebe your a drug dealer and if not you more than likely to have a bunch of guns and cash on the property.. and its safer to take those when you know that the gun owner is away.
Go check out the capture section of these forums, alot of videos of criminals seeing the camera.. looking right into it, and then proceeding to not give a fuck and continue on like it was not even there... the majority of em who see em dont even react.
I'll tell you guys a true story, about 10 years ago I do my normal weekly visit to my drug dealer off Colfax.. I come in and displayed on the guys huge 70" TV is a whole array of security cameras and about 8 people hanging out there are watching them.. he then proceeds to show me this site he found that taught him to google for open CCTV cameras, and he found some ones setup.. about 28 cameras inside and out, all over the place.. you could tell it was very nice property, I inquire more into why they just watching it for leisure and they say the trophy wife walks around in the nude and the guy is obviously loaded with nice cars and they trying to figure out where he lives, they had already geo-ip looked up the IP and knew the city/state/zip code... I just shook my head, got my bag of dope and left.
and thats just the bored drug dealer and his cronies, not the neighbor you pissed off, former lover, or the gang bangers down the street whom might actually be targeting you and not just looking for opportunities.
thank your deities I can buy my shit legally now, have not had to buy a single bit cannabis off the black market in many years now...