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That scenario is also worrisome if the consequence of that observation becomes something like "Oh, the house of Citizen #DYSTO-48195812 had its lights on during the following intervals, click for footage and probable active occupants."
"Privacy" isn't about the raw mechanics of observation or single data-points, it's about capabilities and powers and how those might be abused by other humans.
> intercontinental ballistic missiles
Well, if allll someone needs is to detect giant missiles roaring into the edge of space on a pillar of fire, then we should be ultra-suspicious if they start building a system which goes beyond that into, say, following around the hot-spots of individual human heads.
If you want to be able to see in front of your business without going outside, fine.
If you want to feed that data into a citywide network which the police can query to see who was where at which time, less fine.
This is pretty much Ring’s secondary purpose, at least as Amazon continues to loosen their data privacy when it comes to LEO requests.
I think you missed another possibility: that they make your head as hot as giant missile. Constant vigilance!
"should be able to personally launch intercontinental ballistic missiles without being detected"?!
How are you going to secure a free state with a rifle? Any reasonable adversary to the US would have jets and stuff. We should at least be able to get together and buy a neighborhood SAM site.