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More Police Are Using Your Cameras for Video Evidence (www.themarshallproject.org)
submitted 9 months ago by gAlienLifeform to c/technology
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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.”

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240116132800/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/01/13/police-video-surveillance-california

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (12 children)

The perks of being an electronic security installer and wiring up your own house with a real system with a dozen PoE cameras and a local NVR under your control only...😋

Stay away from the Harry Homeowner cloud-connected lick-and-stick BestBuy bullshit.

[–] XeroxCool 10 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Do you have particular recommendations? I somehow landed on Reolink as the option I'm going to buy in a few months

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I’m using Reolink and highly recommend it. Without a doubt the best bang for your buck. I bought a bundle on Black Friday a couple years ago with the 2TB NVR and 4 cameras (5MP POE) for a couple hundred dollars, and I’ve since expanded to 6 cameras.

I’m in the process of setting up a NAS, so hoping I can get reolink backed up on it for easy access.

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