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It's Time to Take Down your Smart Cameras | Benn Jordan (www.youtube.com)
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[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You can buy a fake camera with a blinking red led for like $1

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My landlord has those already. They're attached to the fence and there's no wire attached to it. I feel like most criminals are aware of these and aren't fooled.

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Well you need to attach a wire to it.
Most criminals are dumb, if they're smart enough to care about cameras they'll be deterred by a fake one too.
And of course a lot of cameras don't even have wires.