Nosey neighbor?
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PTZ is already there on a pole in line with the fence to the left of this camera. Not that I'd want to, but I can probably see his nose hairs with the PTZ when he stands there
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We will be patiently waiting for future video.
BORIStheBLADE
Getting comfortable
The best part about this awesome neighbor IS… The minute something happens to the front of his house guess who’s door he’s going to knock on begging for help and camera footage…
Yep!
My neighbor is one of them. He absolutely hated my cameras and has told me many times crap like "If I left my garage door open and someone took something, well they needed it more than I did" type stuff.
Then one night someone keyed his car. He was banging on my door in the middle of the night (I don't know him that well) and I didn't answer because WTH. But I pulled up my cameras and saw someone keyed his car, so I figured that was it.
So he hated my stuff until something happened LOL.
I just had a conversation like this with my neighbor across the street.
Our families were on vacation and visited a water park at a lodge. They had a mix of smaller Hik/Dahua type domes and the large SURVEILLANCE type housings (which I think were mostly just visual deterrents, left there after being replaced by the domes). I made a joke about the SURVEILLANCE camera that was 10' up, just offset, from the hot tub and pointing right at it, giving the feeling of someone being inches from your face, staring at you. This led me to make comments about how people are fine with that or cameras all around a grocery store and FLOCK cameras tracking you around everywhere you go, but if I want to protect my home I am a weirdo.
He made a comment about people giving me shit, but he knows I am the first person people will go to and ask for information if something happened. This then led into talking about the outside being public and no expectation of privacy, so I am free to record anything I want. It somehow led to recording through windows into the house, but that's also completely legal as long as you are not on their private property (I see "1st Amendment auditors" argue this all the time). We weren't sure where the expectation of privacy begins/ends. Is it from the ground? If I flew a drone, and looked into a 2nd floor window, is that illegal? If that's illegal because there is privacy expected to the 2nd floor from the ground, what about looking from my 2nd floor window into their 2nd floor window? What about looking from my 2nd floor into their backyard with a 6' privacy fence? My thought is: if you have line of sight from where you are, then you should not expect privacy from that vantage point/location, regardless of where you are. Obviously this is with some exceptions. I would expect privacy in a bathroom stall even though someone could look through the door crack, under the door, or stand on the toilet in the adjoining stall and look over the top.
I know his wife has always given me grief because I "record their house" but most of the time any camera that may have a portion of their house in it likely has a focal length too short for detail that far, is recording in Sub stream and lacks even more detail, or doesn't really point at their house as much as they think it does.
We already have one here already. I mentioned her in another thread. She has had 2 new vehicles "Stolen" with 6 weeks of each other in 2023 and both ended up in Cocoa Beach trashed 45 miles away. She then had a purse stolen out of her vehicle at 2 AM in the morning, with the credit cards maxed out mysteriously. Her and her daughter leave their vehicles open with their purses in them - which have the keys in them. You would think they would learn their lesson, but no.
She's the one that doesn't want the cops to get footage from us after she found out we had cameras after the 1st vehicle was stolen. The very next day when the po-po showed up, you could hear her giving false information to the responding officer. She said the perps came from around the back of her house, when they came down the street from the north. Once we gave the footage to the investigating team, they dropped the investigation
In that case tell them the PTZ that may suddenly swing over and point toward one of them is an "AI-powered Dumbass Detection Camera."
That's sure to spark a new friendshipIn that case tell them the PTZ that may suddenly swing over and point toward one of them is an "AI-powered Dumbass Detection Camera."
Firefighter
Getting comfortable
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Have you tried just telling him "Hey I added a camera that only covers the road so we can catch any kids who come in trying to steal from our cars" or something like that. Sometimes it can go a long way.
You might even crop out his house and print the picture off or send it to him via text/email. Just letting him know you care nothing of him and it's for the neighborhoods protection could ease the tension. Just saying.
You might even crop out his house and print the picture off or send it to him via text/email. Just letting him know you care nothing of him and it's for the neighborhoods protection could ease the tension. Just saying.
Naw, screw him. I have no obligation to prove anything to this guy. He's a whack job
I live in Florida as well. Saw the plate on the truck and couldn’t help but yank a few chains!I do as well
He'll never ask us for footage; he has his own cameras. I wouldn't give it to him anyway
Sybertiger
Known around here
Sure hope they got video of that. That's vandalism and in some states, a pretty serious crime.
Ya know, thinking about it, this guy has problem with a camera he can barely see from his property, but yet has never had an issue with the big ass PTZ right in the same area. What a maroon. Does the camera under the eave above the satellite dish stand out to you? You can barely see it. What an idiot
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