How common are indoor security cameras?
Posted by No-Bite-7447@reddit | AskAnAmerican | View on Reddit | 177 comments
I know in America something like 50% of people have some form of smart security (Ring doorbells, cameras, motion detection), but just how common are indoor cameras? I've seen a lot of videos lately of security footage from inside homes near or inside bedrooms, hallways, and living rooms. And for those that may have them, is it not worrying knowing that anyone can access those??
Anegada_2@reddit
No one I know has them, or only has a baby monitor/one pointed right at front door if they live in an apartment. I know some alarm companies require one that can see the main room, so that might be some of it.
avicia@reddit
recommend, not require. if you know of one requiring, shout them out!
Anegada_2@reddit
Simply safe requires it if they are going to do live monitoring(Aka call the police for you), I’m assuming there are others
FriendlyConfines23@reddit
I have SimpliSafe, doorbell camera only, and they monitor it as part of my contract. No indoor cameras here.
avicia@reddit
ah. they tell you you'll get priority response because they confirm there's a crime. In my town the response to "blind" alarms is pretty prompt so it's less persuasive.
Limp-Plantain3824@reddit
Wild what people “know” about America/Americans!
samanime@reddit
Yeah, outside of ones to monitor babies, young kids, or pets, they tend to be pretty rare.
EpsilonAmber@reddit
Houses? never seen or heard of people having them.
Any non-house building? definitely a thing.
CRO553R@reddit
I have two indoor cameras: one in the common area (living room) and one in the hallway facing the front door.
Gephartnoah02@reddit
I dont have one because I dont want some hacker to be able to see into my house.
Content-Elk-2037@reddit
We have one that is indoors but points at our back door that has a dog door. And I have an extra I hookup if we go on vacation & have a dog sitter.
Piper-Bob@reddit
No way 50% have smart security. Maybe 5%.
No-Bite-7447@reddit (OP)
It was a really quick google :/ thats embarassing
Piper-Bob@reddit
I don't care what google thinks. Google is literally selling these devices, so they aren't a neutral observer.
For 50% to have smart security, nearly every homeowner would need to have it, because few renters can, and renters represent over 1/3 of households. I know exactly one person who has a smart doorbell.
But I guess if you're including motion detection you could get to 50%, because most homes do have a light with a motion sensor. But those aren't "smart" technology.
No-Bite-7447@reddit (OP)
The amount of contradictions in this is insane lol
Piper-Bob@reddit
If you can explain any contradiction I'll send you $100.
the_real_JFK_killer@reddit
Having cameras inside ones home is not normal here. It happens, but its usually seen as kinda weird
aachensjoker@reddit
A co-worker has access to one for his grandmother. I’ll see his phone go off with notifications. Her in the living room. Not sure if they have others in the house. I guess, just in case.
I’ve also seen youtube videos of couples having them. One was the girl looking for her boyfriend and finding him asleep in another part of the house where he was playing video games. She gets him, they go to bed snuggling next to each other.
The video was cute. But then i think… i dont want a camera in my bedroom.
Sparkle_Rott@reddit
I have them so I can monitor the dog while we're away.
pudding7@reddit
Monitor them for what?
Sparkle_Rott@reddit
One time my girl was on steroids and had a massive attack of roid rage when I wasn't home. I was able to get off work and head home before she destroyed the place.
It mostly started when they were transitioning out of their crate as puppies to free range around the house. But after that incident, I always have them on in case there's a medical emergency.
Adorable_Dust3799@reddit
This was really confusing because i read girl as girlfriend.
aachensjoker@reddit
Ditto.
I first thought, is his girl having an episode? Then realized the thread.
Sparkle_Rott@reddit
😂
SplitOpenAndMelt420@reddit
To see if they have any secret hobbies they engage in when we're not around
Such-Opinion3683@reddit
I have one camera that I use to watch my cat's food bowl when I'm away to make sure my soon to be ex husband is feeding the cats when he says he is. (He's a big liar mc liar pants - after he failed once and wrangled a neighbor to do it, I got a backup solution which is a service, so I worry much less now)
Crazycatlover@reddit
I'm very glad to hear you're getting divorced. The fact that you need cameras to ensure that living beings are receiving sustenance speaks volumes.
On a lighter note, I called my ex my "wasband" until I heard she was transitioning to female. There is really nothing cute to call an ex-wife. But I definitely recommend the term wasband if it works for you.
FoggyGoodwin@reddit
Wasband seems even more appropriate now
coolbreezesix@reddit
Was the transition solely to avoid that zinger of a moniker?
Crazycatlover@reddit
I'm not sure she even knew I was calling her that. We didn't really talk to each other after the divorce. :)
Penguin_Life_Now@reddit
Why do you care who fed the cat, as long as the cat got fed?
Such-Opinion3683@reddit
My next door neighbor had a broken arm and an ailing husband. She didn't need to be feeding my cats with no warning. I also told him that if he can't do it, it'd hire someone. He offered to, he insisted he could, and would be happy to. Instead he took his affair partner to a fancy hotel.
Penguin_Life_Now@reddit
This really sounds like an issue that should be between your ex and your neighbor
Sparkle_Rott@reddit
I think this is an excellent use of an indoor security camera. Glad you won't need to use it much longer! Well played.
Full-Grass-5525@reddit
We have one we only set up when we’re away right near the cat food and water. It’s fun to check on them and I can alert our sitter if the cat knocked over the water. Not hooked up otherwise. We have outdoor ones at the door, garage, and back deck. It’s soooooo weird to me that people have them set up permanently on their house. I see this mostly with people who have kids.
Effective-Scratch673@reddit
"It’s soooooo weird to me that people have them set up permanently on their house."
Sorry to break it to you, but once you alert your pet sitter that the cat knocked over the water (because you have a camera pointing at it), you become the weird one.
Full-Grass-5525@reddit
I mean.. looking at pets vs constantly monitoring humans feels different to me, but okay.
mpjjpm@reddit
Same. I have two so I can check on the cat while I’m away. One focused on the sofa, but happens to have the front door in the frame. And one focused on her windowsill bed.
sitewolf@reddit
I turn one on when I go on vacation, but otherwise both front and back door being covered is enough.
Sugah-mama21@reddit
50% is a really high #. We don't have any and nobody I personally know does either.
Rhuarc33@reddit
In a home? Rare
At a business? It's very rare not to
Limp-Plantain3824@reddit
Where did you get the 50% number?
Pleasant-Method7874@reddit
I don’t know the answer but I definitely thought they were a lot more common til I came here. Im a handyman so im in a ton of different people’s houses every day, i always work under the assumption that theres a camera on me, not that id particularly do anything differently but its sort of like the self checkout camera, they only exist because psychology tells us they work.
Happy_Macaroon2726@reddit
We have two of them in the house. One is in the kitchen and another in the family room, as well as one at the front door and one at the back door. Its a good thing we do. A guy broke in one night while we were in the house. Those indoor cameras caught clear several clear images of the guy, and they caught him less than 4 days later after featuring the images on the PD website. Someone turned him in.
Olliecat27@reddit
I know someone who got one to monitor their pets while on vacation... and also to monitor the roomba to make sure it doesn't try to fall down the stairs 😭
AgentAaron@reddit
I get monitoring pets...
What are you actually going to do when you observe your Roomba tumbling down the stairs though?
j2142b00@reddit
I have one that watches the front door and one in my gun safe. Both are motion activated and get a really good shot of the person's face.
AgentAaron@reddit
Similar here. We happen to have an extra room in our house with 4 relatively large safes. Two are for guns, one is for ammo, and one is for photography/camera equipment and important documents.
We have an alarm contact on that bedroom door, which is set up as a supervisory zone (so it just sends me and my wife a notification when its opened...kind of like a medicine cabinet), and we have a camera in that room as well.
I had initially thought of putting cameras inside the safes, but trying to wire them (or even getting wifi inside an insulated/fire rated safe) would be a bit difficult.
AgentAaron@reddit
We have cameras both inside and out.
Inside, we have one in the kitchen, which overlooks the back door and a large corner window. We have one in the living room which overlooks the front door, and a large wall of windows. We have at the top of the stairwell which picks up the stairs, as well as the hallway on the 2nd floor.
We do have a spare bedroom that has several safes (guns, ammo, camera equipment, and important documents) We do have cameras in that room as well, but it is not used as a bedroom.
We would NEVER put a camera in a bedroom which would be used as such. I think most of what you see of cameras in bedrooms are probably for monitoring young children. Our neighbor has two autistic children, and they use cameras with audio to monitor them when they sleep.
I am not concerned about anyone "hacking" them...they would get bored very quickly at the lack of activity.
nsq87@reddit
I have them for my pets when I'm away.
rynnbowguy@reddit
We do, we only plug it in when we leave the house overnight so we can watch our cat.
ljculver64@reddit
Its creepy and unnecessary. Outdoor security systems are common. But installing them in the house screams "we have a control freak in the house"!!!!!
Creepy!!!!
Scary-Solution-3070@reddit
I had them everywhere expect my upstairs which was the bedroom bathrooms. I was home all day once I quit working and started to realize what was going on more …. Kinda dumb of me. To be fair, we were gone for ten hours a day and had cameras to talk/watch our two dogs we had. I still keep cams on outside of house coz creepy city folks sadly but no more internal cams ever again
EmploymentEmpty5871@reddit
Just figure you are always on camera.
Possible-Cicada-9662@reddit
In residential homes. Non-existent unless its a ring camera or a security camera outside of a apartment complex. Overall, every store and work space had trm every where
kcdashinfo@reddit
Well, they are not going to see much if they do. One of my cameras is on my back porch, the other is in the garage and the other is pointed at my PC. If someone comes to my house and tries to steal they are going to get their picture taken. Since it is going to the cloud, they won't even be able to undo it. As for what it is looking at, pretty boring, 99.9% of the time.
Glittering-Rush-394@reddit
My (now deceased husband) had Alzheimer’s. I had a camera in the main room where he hung out. So if I had to run a quick errand, I could do a quick check in. It was really helpful. That combined with the front door camera gave me some peace of mind.
Sample-quantity@reddit
We have some so we can see our dogs when we're away. But when we're home they are closed or turned to face the wall.
trae_curieux@reddit
I have them in common areas: living room, den, office, storage room, garage, etc. Obviously none in bedrooms or bathrooms.
Not sure how common they are overall. I've seen them in friends' houses before, also in common areas.
trolldoll420@reddit
We have one in the basement pointed at our safe. We live in a nice area but have been targeted by thieves 3x so it’s important to be laden with cameras, we have like 6 or 8 outside
autumnfire1414@reddit
We have outdoor cameras that are always on and indoor cameras that we only turn on if we're going out of town.
HackDaddy85@reddit
I have them to watch my dog when I’m not home.
schonleben@reddit
I tend to travel a lot and I live alone, so I have a couple to listen for alarms and generally check on things when I’m away to make sure the house is alright. If it’s supposed to rain a lot while I’m away, I might move one to the basement to make sure my sump pump is working.
thewickedbarnacle@reddit
I do service calls in high end houses. I figure im on camera the whole time. I can see them in more than ½ the places I go.
themostblue@reddit
Not very common. I have one but it is to watch my dog when she is home alone and it is off all other times.
Ambitious-Elk5705@reddit
Fairly uncommon unless there's a specific reason such as medical. I have a friend whose 18 yr old kid has POTS - among other things such as autism - and she uses it to monitor him if she needs to leave the house. He's high functioning, but she mainly uses it to monitor his fainting spells.
There's other reasons as well, but it's pretty uncommon.
We have an inside camera focused on the dog crate. He's still a puppy and is only crated when we are away. He had parvo after we first got him and when he came home from the hospital I was terrified I would come home to a dead puppy anytime I left the house. My husband took one of our exterior cameras that wasn't being used and set it up for puppy watch. That way I could check on him while away. All our other cameras are exterior.
MathObserver@reddit
We have a couple, but they are only active when we are on vacation.
No_Foundation7308@reddit
I have 2 in my house. One downstairs and one upstairs. I mostly use it to check in on my pets every once in a while. Also, now that no one works from home anymore, we have a preteen that gets off the bus by herself and it’s just nice to see that she comes home by herself and not with a cluster of girls. We trust, but verifying is nice. I know I ALWAYS had friends over when my mom told me not too at that age. Definitely doing things we were supposed to.
Effective-Scratch673@reddit
What's wrong with having friends over? So your mom was a bitch and you want to keep the tradition going?
No_Foundation7308@reddit
People like to sue over everything. It’s not the 90s anymore. I’m protecting my home and my family. the kid is on the autism spectrum and often gets taken advantage of. Everyone has their reasons….raise your household the way you want and maybe fuck off. OP asked, I answered.
No-Bite-7447@reddit (OP)
Damn :/ give the kid a break, what's the worst a preteen can do, especially with cameras inside 😭
Tacoshortage@reddit
I have several. I had teenagers and wanted to keep them out of the liquor cabinet. I also have one on the dogs and a couple of other places. If China or some rando wants to watch my dogs, they really must be bored.
MrLongWalk@reddit
I don’t know anybody who had them, you’ve seen a lot of videos from them because that’s what you’re looking at
CinemaSideBySides@reddit
And also because you're not going to see video footage of the inside of people's homes if they, y'know, don't have indoor cameras
No-Market-4906@reddit
We just bought a new home and the previous owner had roughly a dozen cameras installed all over the house. Incredibly creepy and the first thing I did was pull them all out.
marklikeadawg@reddit
I have 5 cameras at our main house, only one inside and 3 cameras at our other house (inherited), all 3 inside.
sundancer2788@reddit
I have them simply to check on my pups if I'm not home for the day and to monitor my sump in the basement. They don't record unless I set them to.
Huge_Monk8722@reddit
I have them.
Chicago_Avocado@reddit
Uncommon in homes, I think.
nosidrah@reddit
I have one in the main room because it was part of the package. I’ve only accessed it a few times when I was out of town and wanted to check on the cats.
LetterheadClassic306@reddit
they're getting more common but still not as much as doorbell cameras. i'd guess maybe 20-25% of homes have something inside. the privacy concern is real but most people point them at entry points not bedrooms. blink indoor cameras let you set privacy zones and turn off recording when home. wyze cams are cheap and have local storage options so no cloud access worries.
normiepitbullmom@reddit
I set up a camera facing the outside area of my apartment complex to catch the people who were leaving their dog poop everywhere. Once they were caught, I disconnected them. But today, I am dog sitting my upstairs neighbor dog and I set up a camera to watch him while I am downstairs. Just so he’s not in his crate all day, he can relax on the couch instead by a window and catch a breeze. I use an old cell phone and an app for this.
Forward-Wear7913@reddit
We have two outside and two inside. The inside ones are primarily used to check on pets when we are away. We use the outside ones all the time.
More and more people I know are using cameras inside as well as outside as the prices are so low and they’re so easy to set up.
Stefferdiddle@reddit
I have them but only put them out when I go on vacation to keep an eye on my cat. It’s rather entertaining.
Eff-Bee-Exx@reddit
We have a number of motion-detecting indoor security cameras, but only activate them when we’re away from home on extended trip.
Academic_Solid85@reddit
We have cameras to watch our dogs when we are at work but we unplug / cover the lens when we are home
Dynablade_Savior@reddit
seems like a rich people thing
StupidLemonEater@reddit
I'd be very suspicious that most of those aren't staged.
famousanonamos@reddit
I don't know anyone who has them inside. I can't understand why anyone would want them in their house. Outside is very common though.
jafnharri@reddit
Big brother will never have eyes inside my dwelling (except my phone I guess but I can put that in a drawer at least)
claudiatiedemann@reddit
We have them but only so we can keep an eye on the dogs when we aren’t home.
Angry_GorillaBS@reddit
I only know one person that has them on the inside. Actually I think they only have one. Pretty sure it's just so they can spy on each other.
SnowblindAlbino@reddit
I have never seen a camera inside someone's home, and in my neighborhood I'd say only 1/10 houses have an outdoor one or ring, etc. We have one (wifi cam) and people are always commenting on it: "what's that for? how do you use it?"
No-Bite-7447@reddit (OP)
Do you live in a sort of urban area? I've seen videos of people driving/walking around in neighborhoods a bit further away from a city (Think like those cookie-cutter developments) and it seems like EVERYONE has at least one camera outside
kshucker@reddit
I was never one to really give a shit about security cameras until we moved into our current house and had a package stolen. Put a camera looking at the front porch since that’s where the package was taken. A short while later, we learned of cars being broken into. Put cameras up watching the side of our house (we live on a corner). Things kept happening to the point where I put cameras up to cover every single angle of our property.
We live in a nice neighborhood but it turns out that we live on the edge of two different police jurisdictions. Would be thieves will steal a package, get into a car, etc and running one block over out of my police’s scope of area. I call my police and say “hey, I saw this happened and they ran that way”. And the police say “we can’t track them down because it’s now out of our area. Call the next area over”. So I call the next area over police and they say, “the incident didn’t happen in our jurisdiction, call your police”
Long story short, each police force are pointing fingers at each other saying, it’s not my problem, it’s their problem. So I decided to take matters into my own hands.
GreenBeanTM@reddit
The word you’re looking for is “suburban” and no, not everyone who lives in the suburbs has cameras.
Reasonable-Link2475@reddit
Its easy to tell when people have them, had a GF when I was young and I slept over, they had an open concept style house. I dont sleep long so I was up at 7 or 8 am and her parents came home (they had a night time job I think) and I was sitting in the corner chair and when they came home they put some food and stuff on their counter acting like they didnt know I was right there, im like "hello" her dad turned around pretending to look shocked but he wasnt the easily startled type. That fam was weird AF
Bluemonogi@reddit
In my area home security cameras are not as common. I don’t know anyone putting cameras up inside their house.
SabresBills69@reddit
Its mostly baby / kid monitoring and if they have thkngs that allow Amazon to enter the house
No_Importance_750@reddit
We have one but we don’t really use it. It’s part of our Alexa which we use for other things. The only time my parents have ever used the camera feature was when my brother was grounded and they were watching the living room to make sure he didn’t sneak onto his Xbox while they were at work.
nunyabizthewiz@reddit
I have one inside my house. It’s mostly to watch pets.
xxrainmanx@reddit
We have one for the babies room. One covers the backyard, mostly to make sure the neighbors dog doesn't jump the fence, and we have a utility easement so we can't lock the back gate. One covers the doorbell/front door. One is a floodlight/covers the driveway. We also have one in the garage, but that's so we can open/shut the door remotely.
Drew707@reddit
I would say relatively uncommon. I am pricing out a CCTV system and part of that will include one or two cameras in the front of the house. The brand I am using does local recording, so, not super concerned about people accessing them since they would have to get through my firewall first.
trs21219@reddit
UniFi Protect? If not I highly recommend it.
Drew707@reddit
Yup.
I am thinking about doing one or two of the Theta cams in the front entry/dining room to have an interior view of any breaches from our front door, garage door, and front window, and then maybe another in the kitchen to catch that and the living room with windows and slider. I may also put one in the master where the other slider is since I don't really care if I film us fucking or whatever, but I wouldn't feel right putting them in our guest room or offices which double as guest rooms for obvious reasons. One might also go in the garage.
I am additionally trying to get good side yard coverage, front looking out, back looking out, back looking in, and if I can figure it out, front looking in. And a doorbell, AND a secondary either Theta or dome in the front porch/entry ceiling.
trs21219@reddit
Yeah I’m building a new house and have a G6 PTZ in front, one in back, g6 turret in driveway, 2 more in the garage (longer L shape so you can’t see one side from the other) then doorbell and one in my office (to cover gun safe) and one g6 instant in each kids room as baby / toddler monitors.
I was looking at the Theta but I was always worried about something going wrong with the computer unit and it being in the wall since we don’t have a drop ceiling or anything to put it in.
Drew707@reddit
Fortunately, we have pretty good attic coverage aside from the vaulted ceiling in the living room and master. Makes runs from the rack in the garage very easy. Which gateway are you using?
trs21219@reddit
UDM pro that I have had for a while and a 48 port POE switch that are both currently in my homelab rack.
Drew707@reddit
I have the SE since at first I thought that was enough PoE for my three APs and whatever cameras I was going to do, but I might need to get a 16 that does + and ++.
trs21219@reddit
Yeah the 24 port ether lighting ones are tempting me.
Drew707@reddit
My 24 is etherlighting, but TBH, I don't really do any serious labbing outside of Hyper-V, so it really doesn't do much for me. The network just runs and I never really think about it. If this were for work in an office, I could see how it and the AR feaure would be nice, but at home, it isn't that big of a deal.
No-Bite-7447@reddit (OP)
I should've worded it better; I was specifically talking about like IoT cameras lol
Drew707@reddit
I mean, anything unsecured can be broken into. The cameras I am getting can absolutely be accessed from anywhere in the world, but not without my credentials and MFA method.
Adorable_Dust3799@reddit
Mine started out as pet cams, and i know quite a few people with pet cams. I reset one in the kitchen, it shows the gas stove, sink (water) and fridge thermometer. Great for those paranoid moments. My sister is showing some dementia signs so she did the same and her daughter can check it. I worked at a mini mart for ages and got over being on cam years ago
Aquarius_K@reddit
I don't know anyone personally who has one, even my rich family members (they're kind of getting old)
Reddittoxin@reddit
Only people I know who have em are parents with young kids or have like, cats and like to check in on em while they're at work all day.
I see the appeal with little kids. If I had em I'd probably get a living room/playroom camera too so i could cook dinner or some shit while still being able to monitor them from my phone.
cohrt@reddit
I’ve only ever heard of people pointing them at the inside of entrances or inside garages.
SuperPomegranate7933@reddit
We put one in the kitchen & one in the basement when we go away overnight. Kitchen to keep an eye on the cats & basement to make sure there's no water.
whatdoidonowdamnit@reddit
I think it’s pretty common in nyc. I have one perfectly situated so that I can see my door and my couch which means I can monitor the door and my pets since they spend most of their alone time going back and forth from the couch to the door.
Penguin_Life_Now@reddit
They are getting much more common, particularly with people under the age of about 40.
Cosmic_Chemical@reddit
I have 4 cameras, 2 out side, 2 inside. My Mom has 2, 1 outside, 1 inside. My brother has 2, maybe 3, with 1 outside and 1 inside.
ChickenNugs4Hugs@reddit
My roommate and I have one pointed towards our front door to catch burglars. There had been a break in two floors above us right before we moved in.
Arleare13@reddit
I actually have one, but not really for security purposes. A few years ago I was traveling for a while, and got a cheap indoor security camera, just so I could check in on my home while I was away.
I still have it, usually pointed outside (though I can redirect it remotely), not for any security reason but just for "fun." I've caught some interesting stuff on it -- car accidents, fires, crazy lightning storms, parades, cool birds... it's worth it for that stuff alone!
Unless there's been some kind of major breach that I missed, nobody can access it except me.
No-Bite-7447@reddit (OP)
Not to be rude / overstep, but unless you're using a completely secure CCTV system, your cameras aren't unbreakable 😄 IoT cameras (or any iot device in general) are notoriously easy to hack
GreenBeanTM@reddit
Aren’t you worried about someone recording you on your phone? Your phones camera isn’t unbreakable.
No-Bite-7447@reddit (OP)
Yes- because an exposed device that is open to anyone on the internet is the exact same as a hardware camera on my phone. And FYI, I have my phone on lockdown mode, so, I don't really think it's a fair comparison lol
Arleare13@reddit
Then whoever breaks in can enjoy looking out through my window as well if for some reason that interests them. It's not like I'm pointing it at my living room.
There are far more important things I'm worried about being hacked into.
ExternalTelevision75@reddit
I’d say not very, becoming more common with the younger generations with pet cameras
GreenBeanTM@reddit
People really over estimate how many people are searching for a camera feed into a random unimportant persons home.
WhatABeautifulMess@reddit
These are not common. Those videos are an echo chamber of people who record their lives and random shit to put it on the Internet. Most people aren't doing that. The only interior cameras most people ever have are baby monitors.
zoppaTheDim@reddit
I don’t believe the people who claim they have ring cameras inside. Those are just staged videos.
Bluestarkittycat@reddit
I have pet cams, for keeping tabs on my cat but they are off when im at home.
Penis-Dance@reddit
I have had indoor and outdoor cameras for over 10 years.
Mustang46L@reddit
The only people I know that have them have pets they want to see when they're not home.
Red_Beard_Rising@reddit
These are just wealthier homes.
I don't want evidence of what I may or may not have done to an intruder, thus no cameras.
baalroo@reddit
I know plenty of people with them, and I have them in my living room and looking at exterior entrances into the house.
Honestly, I don't really care if someone hacks into them. I mean, I'm not challenging or inviting people to do so, but ultimately if someone wants to watch me sit on my couch and play Xbox... that's kind of a them problem.
unix_name@reddit
Whoa!? 😮 yeah I’m not sure I know anyone that has indoor security cameras except my aunt. She only did it because of the dog she used to have. Had crazy tendencies and she couldn’t monitor her and yell at her from the camera haha. Outside of like a baby cam, mmmmmm no, it would be weird I think. 🤔
cwcam86@reddit
I've got one in the living room so I can watch my dogs when I'm away.
Bishop-Logan@reddit
I have a couple, but they only get enabled when I travel.
maybach320@reddit
My parents have one for my grandfathers old cabin but it’s off when anyone is staying in the building, anything else is creepy to me.
cowboybebop32@reddit
Video baby monitor in the babies room is pretty common now. Besides that, I know a couple people that have a camera they can check on their pets with, but its not a recording all the time thing, something they can turn on and off with an app
CIAMom420@reddit
We have one pointed at our front door and one pointed at our back door. None that are focused on areas where we spend time.
drunkenwildmage@reddit
I originally bought them to keep an eye on my elderly dog while I was at work. As it turned out, there were a couple of times I had to go home and rescue her because, no matter how much I tried to prevent it, she managed to get herself into places she couldn’t get out of on her own. When I no longer needed the cameras for that purpose, I relocated one to monitor the front door, another for the back door (both from the inside), and the third to watch over my computer gear in my office/rec room.
witchy12@reddit
I have one in my room I only turn on when I'm gone for a few days, but this is only to monitor my cat's food, water, and litter box.
shelwood46@reddit
I don't know anyone with indoor cameras, and most of them think I am weird for having Alexa (no cameras, but I am disabled and it's nice to have voice/app activated bulbs, switches, etc). I know a number of people with outdoor cameras, doorbell cameras, outside security cameras, trail cams. I made sure when I got my last Echo I got the one with no camera (Echo Spot). I live alone so it doesn't eavesdrop on me much, but I do make sure to insult Bezos daily.
SplitOpenAndMelt420@reddit
I have two inside- one of my dogs pen, and one aimed at my oven because I have severe OCD
Traditional_Trust418@reddit
A lot of people have front door cameras and maybe back door ones if their backyard is easily accessible. But in my experience it's mostly the elderly or people who travel a lot who have in house cameras
N2Shooter@reddit
I have one in most rooms in my house.
Gex2-EnterTheGecko@reddit
My mom is incredibly paranoid so there are cameras all over the place at my parents house, but otherwise I've never seen anything like that.
This-Reindeer6063@reddit
I don't have them. My cousin has one in her room cuz her sister will go and steal her stuff. People might have them for pets or to watch their baby sleep from another room.
I wouldn't say theyre super common, but it's definitely not unheard of
Outlaw_Josie_Snails@reddit
I'm only aware of families having indoor cameras in a baby's room. Some may also have one in a certain room, such as a den or sitting room, to monitor a babysitter or nanny.
Other than that, most people I know, including myself, only have outdoor security cameras.
CtForrestEye@reddit
When I go on vacation I'll move cameras from the state forests to my home, both inside and outside. Nobody else can access them. They're locked and chained to other things. They're not on wifi so a blocker is not going to work.
pudding7@reddit
We have one, but we only plug it in when we're out of town.
CupBeEmpty@reddit
No one I know has them indoors.
There’s obviously a huge selection bias there. You won’t see any videos inside the house from people that don’t have cameras inside their house.
Bstallio@reddit
We got cameras inside that point at the entrances, but that’s because we worried for a while that my scummy cousin was going to show up here while everyone was at work and steal shit
Independent-Win9088@reddit
I have 1 in my bedroom, and 1 in my living room. I live alone with my cat in an apartment. I use them to make sure my cat is ok, apartment is ok, and cat sitter shows up when I'm out of town. They're set to motion trigger, and I turn them into "disarm" mode when I'm home.
silvermoonhowler@reddit
I have them, but only because I have a kitty and it's nice to be able to keep tabs on her while I'm away at work or somewhere else
Bastyra2016@reddit
People often have them for watching kids or pets when they are at work. I don’t have any or want any inside
Spirited_Gap2347@reddit
I have 2 in my apartment so I can check on my dog while I’m at work.
Low_Computer_6542@reddit
They are normal for second homes. You just slide the cover over the lens when you are home. They are also used to keep an eye on pets. We have one train on our bird.
whatisakafka@reddit
I technically have one, but only to watch my dog when I have him. I keep it off otherwise
Endy0816@reddit
I have them in common areas.
Never bedrooms though. There's always a chance of outside parties gaining access to the footage.
avicia@reddit
I've only been in one house that had inside the house cameras. It's super weird and I hate it.
EvaisAchu@reddit
More common in apartments facing towards doors or some rental properties.
That's what I have. Mostly to alert me if maint. or admin comes in my apartment without notifying me (which has happened once and was my proof that the apartment broke our agreement).
Its also very nice to utilize to watch my cats when we go on short trips.
DukeofBraintree918@reddit
I have one at both my doors
I don't like it but I rent and I don't trust my landlord on my neighbors
mothertuna@reddit
I don’t know anyone that has them other than baby monitors. I wouldn’t say there are common.
willtag70@reddit
I have one on my doorbell and another on the back deck. A third is inside but only plugged in when we're out of town.
TsundereLoliDragon@reddit
I mean you're not going to see videos from houses that don't have them...
Tough_Crazy_8362@reddit
I’d say it’s uncommon unless you have a bunch of people entering your home while you’re not home. Daily babysitter, regular pet walkers etc.
Responsible_Side8131@reddit
I have one inside my home, but it’s only turned on when nobody is at home. We have it to keep an eye on our pets when we aren’t home.
revengeappendage@reddit
I have them to watch my dog when I’m not home.
Sea_Analysis_8033@reddit
None for my house I don’t see the point. We do have front and back dash cams for the cars
TCFNationalBank@reddit
Just keep in mind, you aren't seeing videos from houses without indoor security cameras because there are no videos from those houses!
Justmakethemoney@reddit
We have them in our house, but they’re trained on cat-related stuff. They point to the food, water, litterbox. We had senior cats with chronic illnesses, we needed to see if/how much they were doing these things.
If I were walking around naked on camera, I’d be more concerned. As it stands the cameras don’t catch much thats not the cats.
FezzesnPonds@reddit
I only have an indoor one for my pets. I want to know how my place became the disaster I come home to lol
G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit
I know some people at work that do, but it is just for them to check in on or watch their pets while they are at work
blueponies1@reddit
I don’t really know anyone who has one except my coworker who just had a baby. And I got one for my sister so she could check on her dogs but I don’t think she uses it.