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I need help advocating for privacy in my HOA, which wants to set up cameras in common areas (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago by NaNin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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A new neighbor moved in and is really advocating for them, but I think most people in the HOA are split. It's come up after some recent thefts after someone left a garage door open. I'm thinking of organizing my arguments like this:

Even with a camera capturing a thief's face, police are unlikely to actually catch the person or retreive the stolen property.
Invasion of personal privacy, I don't like being tracked and my whereabouts being monitored
Surrendering biometric data without my consent
Police / ICE using the data without permission to harass our residents

How does this sound? It's so exhausting fighting against this. Does anyone have any other good points or articles that can provide support? Many thanks in advance

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[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

recent thefts after someone left a garage door open

why not put a camera in the garage then?

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Why not close the garage door?

[–] elvith@feddit.org 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Na, too simple

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Okay, why not automate the garage door via IoT devices (“smart home”)?

[–] elvith@feddit.org 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The S in IoT stands both for "smart" and "security"

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 points 18 hours ago

Okay, why not automate the garage door via IoT devices (“smart home”) that only communicate locally over the LAN and are isolated to a specific VLAN?