Private security footage is nothing new to criminal investigations, but two factors are rapidly changing the landscape: huge growth in the number of devices with cameras, and the fact that footage usually lands in a cloud server, rather than on a tape.

When a third party maintains the footage on the cloud, it gives police the ability to seek the images directly from the storage company, rather than from the resident or business owner who controls the recording device. In 2022, the Ring security company, owned by Amazon, admitted that it had provided audio and video from customer doorbells to police without user consent at least 11 times. The company cited “exigent circumstances.”

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  • Tremble@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I love technology but I don’t ever see myself installing a camera in my house that connects to the internet like this. It’s literally big brother…

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      11 months ago

      I give my cam access to the internet when I travel. Outside of that it’s LAN only.

      Luckily most NAS’s have software that can capture it and you can back it up to the cloud encrypted.

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        11 months ago

        do you mind sharing a basic explanation about your setup? i’m looking at doing something similar with TrueNAS and NextCloud.