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Re:The privacy loophole in your doorbell by lutorm on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @11:11PM (#35078242)
At least in that case I'm the one deciding how long to keep the data. They can't get a warrant for data I don't have. I frankly don't understand why anyone would keep weeks of security camera footage around.
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Re:The privacy loophole in your doorbell by XCSme on Thursday March 09, 2023 @09:46AM (#35081697)
Maybe you realize something is missing 6 months later? Or you notice some damage on your property and want to see how it happened? That being said, it would be really hard to go through the footage and find what you are looking for.
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Re:The privacy loophole in your doorbell by brokenmachine on Thursday March 09, 2023 @11:30PM (#35090403)
Not really hard, if the damage is visible on the camera.

You go back a year and look. Damage there? If no then go back 6 months. If the damage is there then you know it's between 6 months and a year back. Rinse and repeat, binary search.

Having said that, I wouldn't store that much. A week would be all I'd want.

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Re:The privacy loophole in your doorbell by XCSme on Friday March 10, 2023 @11:08AM (#35096228)
You are right, as soon as I posted the comment I thought of binary search. Funny how people frequenting HN think alike, maybe we have to get out more often out of our bubble.
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