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Apparently quite a few people have Ring cameras inside their homes as well.

And another point. You might not think video outside your home matters, but it could be invaluable to burglars who want to know when you're not home. I could imagine it being used to deanonymize location data as well because it would provide known locations and timestamps to filter data against.

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I guess?

They can also just park on the street and watch you…

Yes, but doing that is much more risky and time consuming. The burglar could find the basic pattern in a matter of hours rather than days of sitting on the house at the risk of being reported as suspicious. They would also be able to tell which entrances are surveilled and use that information for the burglary itself.

So you could make an argument that woth their terrible security track record, numerous leaks etc Ring is more of a help to potential burglars than it is useful as a security device.

You think he's so stupid he goes out his own front door? /butchered sg-1 reference

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