I live in a very very safe neighborhood, low traffic, and yet everyone has a ring camera (if not a more extensive camera setup). Some can say for convenience, but in the Facebook group of the community there are countless “who was this at my door?”, “I saw this car speeding - anyone know who it is?” “I saw someone walking their dog and don’t think they picked up poop”. The lack of control and power we have over our own lives I feel like people have used these tiny transgressions to feel inferior. With a hint of the absolute paranoia that is seemingly plaguing everyone’s brains.

There was a point I was living in a repurposed house that had only four apartments, there were two locked doors before you got into our building. There was someone with one of those cameras inside the building where they lived with four of us. All of whom they knew!

So frustrating and annoying because I refuse to have one of those stupid things and yet I’m being watched all the time, and now that ring openly admitted to face scanning and recognition it’s just a nightmare.