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Re:Ring Gave Police Stats About Users Who Said No to Law Enf... by CPLX on Thursday October 24, 2019 @02:23PM (#21347556)
If your house burned down unexpectedly you'd be sort of curious to see what happened right?

Or even just if the power or internet was out. The whole point of these things is to be able to see what's going on when something unexpected happens.

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Re:Ring Gave Police Stats About Users Who Said No to Law Enf... by nullc on Thursday October 24, 2019 @02:29PM (#21347636)
It's doubtful that a camera on your doorstep is going to be particularly informative about your house fire. :) Though if fire is a concern, fire hardened nases are a thing.

If the power is out the camera is out (unless it's on a UPS, in which case the storage can be too...).

If the internet is out your cloud storage is out-- this is a problem that a local solution doesn't have.

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