The issue is customers purchase and install doorbell cameras with the sole intention of monitoring their own doorway. They don't expect the company they are doing business with to then sell their camera feeds to local police departments and who the fuck knows who else.
The issue of photography is one of ownership. If you buy a camera, and you use it to take pictures or video, your assumption is you own that image or footage and nobody else has the rights to it.
I can take pictures of you from public, even if you're standing in private... because you cannot trespass the eyes.
however this is different... this is a mega corp hijacking your eyes and stealing the rights to the footage.
these companies aren't saying "hey here's the deal... we'll trade you cloud storage if we get to snoop into your private camera feeds"
they front it as a camera they charge you for, and a "service" they also charge you for.
...so you're overpaying them for a camera, then overpaying them to snoop on your camera feed.
The issue is customers purchase and install doorbell cameras with the sole intention of monitoring their own doorway. They don't expect the company they are doing business with to then sell their camera feeds to local police departments and who the fuck knows who else.
The issue of photography is one of ownership. If you buy a camera, and you use it to take pictures or video, your assumption is you own that image or footage and nobody else has the rights to it.
I can take pictures of you from public, even if you're standing in private... because you cannot trespass the eyes.
however this is different... this is a mega corp hijacking your eyes and stealing the rights to the footage.
these companies aren't saying "hey here's the deal... we'll trade you cloud storage if we get to snoop into your private camera feeds"
they front it as a camera they charge you for, and a "service" they also charge you for.
...so you're overpaying them for a camera, then overpaying them to snoop on your camera feed.
it's fucking retarded.