ᐅ Outdoor Security Camera

Steven schrieb:
Hello Payday

The case mentioned is described quite briefly. Can you provide some details?
I assume the hunter shot the intruder in self-defense (§32 German Criminal Code). Of course, in Germany, one is acquitted if a criminal is shot in self-defense.

Steven

A well-known case from a few months ago. Since guns are not allowed here, that doesn’t help much. It’s not really relevant in this context either.

@Traumfaenger: You are of course right that under certain conditions, a huge number of pictures, videos, and so on can be sent, generating a lot of traffic. But if that is the case, it has to be solved differently. Otherwise, the system is pointless. I don’t want to get a notification every 2 minutes, but only if something serious happens. With 1,000 images a day, searching would already be tedious if there is an actual break-in...

At our company, three people have the Arlo system and none have any problems with it. All have phone alerts on contact and get almost no false alarms.

Payday schrieb:
a well-known case from a few months ago.

Hello Payday

I believe you are referring to the case in Sittensen from 2014.

Steven

Steven schrieb:
Hello Payday

I think you mean the case in Sittensen from 2014.

Steven

These things happen every few months but don’t always get media attention.
In Sittensen, it was the story about the old man who shot one of the youths(?) from behind during their escape, right?

I plan to have Ethernet cables installed on 2-3 spots on the exterior wall. This way, it would be easy to mount a camera and connect it via PoE. No battery, just one cable, no bandwidth issues, no security problems like with wireless solutions.
You just have to consider that if someone with bad intentions wanted to get into the house, they could easily overload the Wi-Fi with simple methods, rendering those cameras useless. That’s a major disadvantage of these “cloud cameras”. Local buffering via an SD card or something similar is, in my opinion, essential.
On the other hand, how smart is the average burglar anyway?

Well, you can definitely go overboard, like burglars coming equipped with Wi-Fi jammers. Next thing you know, they’ll have an EMP generator?!

If the camera in the carport is positioned somewhere behind a large crossbeam looking down, a burglar will probably not notice it until they’re already being recorded.
A general issue with security cameras that send alerts is that you have to keep turning them on and off. Otherwise, they would send alerts every time you yourself walk by. Overall, security technology is probably not as simple and cheap as many people imagine. Or you settle for basic technology and say that it’s good enough, which is very likely true...

The best thing is actually to have already experienced a break-in with known, harsh consequences—like with those hunters, where nobody will dare break in again. News like that tends to spread quite well.

Opportunistic burglars are more likely to be deterred by lighting and RC2 standard windows/doors than by cameras. Therefore, it is worth considering the purpose the cameras are intended to serve.

Burglars often don’t wear masks during the day to attract less attention. You can film or photograph them, which might help identify someone. For burglars from Eastern Europe, this may not be very effective, but for neighborhood disputes like "their lawn mower robot is always so loud, so I’m going to steal it," a camera is definitely worth the cost.

If you don’t record the burglars, the police usually don’t take any action. But if you capture something on video, the police at least have a lead. With some luck, you might even catch a license plate because the burglars were careless and parked on the driveway.

In the case of attempted break-ins: once a window is damaged, it costs money to fix it. Not all insurance policies cover attempted break-ins. And regarding lighting—well, in the evening it might help, but these burglars come during the day when people are at work, so lighting isn’t very effective then.