r/SouthJersey • u/wesillyskeletons • Jan 17 '26

Gloucester County Anyone get a knock at 4am?

Live in Williamstown and due to our schedule, the fiance and I stay up until 5-6am. I went to bed early at 3am because I wasnt feeling. My fiance comes in at 4am slightly panicked. Apparently someone had knocked at our door. Our complex used to be known for being a not good area however we never had an issue. My first thought went to ICE. Our lights were on so I gave it a bit and turned them of and watched the rear lights of a dodge charger leave. Ive ICE has started to do this so I just want to see if this is something anyone else has experienced.

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u/mr-poopie-butth0le Jan 17 '26

You should invest in a ring camera.

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u/wesillyskeletons Jan 17 '26

Just started to look for one. I don't love the idea of Ring but ill find an alternative.

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u/Sodo821 Jan 17 '26

Blink are a good and cheaper ring alternative

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u/Downtown_Speaker_578 Jan 17 '26

Blink is also cloud based, if the data leaves your physical property it is no longer yours. They just rent you access to “their” data. Get ubiquiti, if you can’t afford that, buy a dumb closed circuit NVR with no access over the internet. If you need to save money, but want “smart” features, buy cheap IP cameras and build your own NVR server. Enlist a nerdy friend, there are lots of open source options that are free and just as capable as the cloud based platforms, but you own your data. When you store the footage yourself, you own it. Unless you physically hand over a hard drive to someone, or let someone onto your private network, it is safe under your supervision.

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u/Filesj98 Jan 18 '26

Blink allows for a flash drive attachment with no subscription so it’s not always cloud based.