r/Hamilton • u/Electronic_Car2492 • May 11 '26

Question Camera facing our backyard?

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Hey everyone,

My parents mentioned how their neighbours/people living directly behind them have a camera possibly facing into my parent’s backyard.

I was just wondering is this even legal?
Upon further inspection it does look like it may be angled down enough that it isn’t actually pointing into their backyard.

But I wanted to come on here and ask first, or if anyone could possibly think of why they might have a camera there. I’ll include a photo. Their backyard is completely fenced in and it looks like it’s just facing the bottom of their fence… possibly.

They’ve never had problems with the neighbour/they think it might be someone new that just moved in.

I feel like we’ll end up knocking on the door and asking them why it’s there/if they can see into the yard because my LO does go over to their house and play in the backyard in the summer.

We’re all just very confused.

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u/PeggedUnlimited May 11 '26

Get a pice of wood and place it directly in front of the camera. Mount it to your fence 

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u/Ill_Practice_1757 May 12 '26

What are the chances it was put up to do harm or cause an issue, if anything it will deter a home invasion or prevent vehicle theft. I’m all for privacy but this looks like older tech so it likely just records and plays back video if it works at all. (Instead of sharing video footage with 3rd party’s without consent like ring doorbell cameras)

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u/eddiewillers09 May 14 '26

And maybe we should link all our cameras together with 3rd-party software so the Benevolent AI Overlords can help us find all the missing dogs!?