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wcmagumba

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2. I have a basic security camera watching over the porch I share with a neighbor. The camera watches my car too...

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:58 PM

Dec 18

The police used footage from it a couple of years ago when a person went door to door here pretending to be a home health care worker and managed to steal a lady's purse after being let into her apartment. They identified the individual as someone who had previously done the same thing in an adjacent state...I don't know if the criminal has been caught or not...

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The companies who manufacture, sell or install security cameras are going to be busy... [View all] wcmagumba Dec 18 OP

Yep. OldBaldy1701E Dec 18 #1

I have a basic security camera watching over the porch I share with a neighbor. The camera watches my car too... wcmagumba Dec 18 #2

One cannot argue with the footage. Heh. OldBaldy1701E Dec 18 #4

Get the serious freedom/privacy issues, but sometimes I feel like we'd be better off if we all wore body cameras. Silent Type Dec 18 #3

I slept through the day. What did I miss? Thanks WhiteTara Dec 18 #5