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> But what you are missing is that the majority of people (at least in the US) are renters (or otherwise have restrictions)

According to the St Louis Fed 65% of US households are home-owners[1]. Now if there is some other data about "or otherwise have restrictions" to show how it becomes a majority of US, I would be interested in seeing that.

[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RHORUSQ156N

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Condos or other HOA situations would be a good start to look at. See [1] maybe?

1 https://magazine.realtor/daily-news/2020/09/23/record-number...

Condos is a possibility. But if the HOA allows a WiFi camera on the outside of a house, then I can't see why they wouldn't allow a wired camera on the outside of a house.

I don't want to drill through my brick.

There is a product called "ghost wire" - about 6 inches of paper thin Ethernet specifically formed for fitting into the gap between a window frame and the sliding glass. The Ethernet itself is shaped like the letter "U", so it conforms to the paper thin gap and the window still operates normal. These are designed to enable Ethernet to transparently (without building alteration) be added to properties that cannot/shouldn't be altered.

Or run an opto-coupler through the window pane!

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