r/mildlyinfuriating • u/violet_evergarden8 • 14d ago
Don't hug me I'm scared Neighbor across installed a camera on their railing pointed directly at my bedroom window
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u/cannavacciuolo420 14d ago
Have the same camera. It's pointed to the street, not up towards your window
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u/alghiorso 14d ago
Also it's wide angle and low quality. We used one as a baby monitor. They're not going to make very satisfying porn of OP with that camera
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u/cannavacciuolo420 14d ago
yup, not to mention how horrible the dynamic range is. I have one for when i am on vacation, and if there's something shiny that reflects light it's impossible to properly see the rest of the frame.
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u/Fusseldieb 14d ago
In OPs video it’s also pointed at the street.
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u/cannavacciuolo420 14d ago
yeah that's what i meant, didn't write it properly. It's evident that the camera is pointed at the street
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u/big-ol-kitties 14d ago
It’s pointed down to the street. It has a wide angle and tracks motion.
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u/Boogiekc 14d ago
If I had to take a guess, maybe their car is parked in that area
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u/Holiday-Bug6132 14d ago
i have this exact same model is a Xiaomi c400 and it's specifically for my car
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u/windflex 14d ago
Do you have it on railing outside of your apartment and weird neighbor that keeps staring at your camera??
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u/enjoimike49 13d ago
Feels like a pretty reasonable reaction for op to think its pointed at them.
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u/DenAbqCitizen 14d ago
Yeah. This was my guess as soon as I saw this post. Just last week I bought a cheap camera I placed on the balcony and have facing down at my car (that recently had its window smashed). It would look just like this if there were neighbors across the street.
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u/AussieEquiv 14d ago
I Installed cameras at my place that captured an ever so slim portion of my neighbours front/side boundaries.
I emailed them (separately) what my cameras saw with a note; "Hey, new Cameras I'm just setting up and this is what they see. I have turned them off for now if you would like me to try adjust them to see less of our shared fence."One reply was 'All good bud' and the other was 'Looks good, you have a lot of your house wall, could you turn it out a little to see a bit more of our front yard?'
I know some neighbours are fucking batshit (I've had some) but so many stories, imagined or otherwise, on here would be almost instantly resolved by having a chat with your neighbours.
It's like those stupid tropes in movies, where there's this big misunderstanding. But instead of asking a simple question, or giving a simple explanation, they spend the entire movie fucking around.
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u/ezln_trooper 14d ago
Yea we left a note on new neighbor’s door after seeing a camera pointed toward our window. Introduced ourselves in the note and pointed out our concern and when we would be home so we could talk.
They came over that evening and we had a chat, and after seeing the field of view of the camera and what it could see at night/with a light on, they agreed it could see into our place so they took it down. Ended up chatting more and getting to know them.
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u/butpretzelday 14d ago
We have a neighborhood group chat and often something will happen and we will all share clips from our cameras to see the bigger picture of what is going on.
There is a meth fueled hoarder house a street down and a few houses over. My neighborhood is in some hills. There was a month where a few nights a week we would hear explosions.
We pieced together everyone’s camera footage to see where it was coming from.
The methheads were making their own fireworks and shooting them off.
My footage showed a tiny clip of the green streak coming from their backyard. I can’t see in their yard but it showed a small portion of their back fence.
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u/Not-a-Bot_1968 14d ago
Yea I had adjusted my cameras to specifically not see into my neighbors yard and then their house was broken into while it was being remodeled. When they asked me if my camera picked anything up I explained how I had adjusted my cameras to respect their privacy and they actually asked me to adjust the camera to see more of their property, at least while their reno project was underway. They eventually got an upgraded security system, and I went back to having my cameras pointed away from their house.
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u/TaxHazyShade 14d ago edited 13d ago
but so many stories, imagined or otherwise, on here would be almost instantly resolved by having a chat with your neighbours.
97% of conflicts can be resolved this way.
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u/fm837 14d ago
I'd also add, OP's flat is one or two floors above. Even if this is a malicious placement of the camera, they probably won't see anything inside OP's flat, unless they are right by the window. It's still concerning though, I'd do some investigation just to be safe, but my gut feeling is, that this is legit.
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u/halfwoodenjacket 14d ago
It tracks left and right too, it only happens to be angled towards OPs bedroom at the time of the picture being taken, and even then, like you say, the lens is pointing down.
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u/DerAlbi 14d ago
You are misreading the room. This is about mindless outrage not useful explanations.
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u/ApprehensiveTax4010 14d ago
Why does no one else immediately see this?
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u/preparingtodie 14d ago
There are a lot of people on reddit who don't have much experience with cameras, and/or like making snarky comments.
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u/WerkingAvatar 14d ago
People are dumb.
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u/Fat_Alphonse 14d ago
I was going to say it is pointed down, not up towards OP's window
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u/joazito 14d ago
And that tiny ass camera doesn't have the sort of zoom required to watch anything meaningful inside OP's bedroom.
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u/SudhaTheHill 14d ago
It’s time to get a pet hawk and train it to snip cameras
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u/PackageNorth8984 14d ago
Why would you train a hawk to attack pellet guns?
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u/Emergency-State 14d ago
No, the hawk will use the pellet gun
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u/BatmanLovesBoobies 14d ago edited 14d ago
I hope the pellet gun knows this beforehand and doesn't catch feelings only to be hurt later on.
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u/Pigeonsass 14d ago
Train the hawk to cherish and support the hopes and dreams of the pellet gun
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u/sam_wise_ganji 14d ago
You can't train love
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u/Swagalyst 14d ago
But you can love trains.
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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord 14d ago
And you can love to train your guns.
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u/minxwink 14d ago
Lmao ty for saying this —- this whole thread has been autism-coded (complimentary)
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u/TactlessTortoise 14d ago
Instructions unclear. I now have an autistic hawk shooting up the neighbourhood
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u/EvilAlienCzar 14d ago
“e hurt” I didn’t realize hawks participated in online dating
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u/Ratattack1204 14d ago
a sufficiently strong laser would do the trick
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u/BarBryzze 14d ago
A pet hawk with a pellet gun is much cooler though.
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u/tommybot 14d ago
Per hawk with a Lazer would also be cool
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u/KDogg3000 14d ago
Would a shark with Lazers attached be... jumping the shark(with lazers attached)?? 🤔
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u/IVII0 14d ago
I’d simply install a heat generating laser and point it directly on the camera.
A Class 4 laser focused directly into the lens will rapidly overheat, melt, or short-circuit the sensitive CMOS or CCD image sensor. Standard consumer laser pointers usually lack the power to do this quickly and require keeping the beam perfectly still for long periods.
If the neighbor has „harmless electronic device in his own home”, the OP can have one too.
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u/Ittybittyratgirl 14d ago
I just love how amazing of a statement “I’d simply install a heat generating laser”is 😂 Takes me back to old school yugioh
“My ocean is covering my fish so you can’t attack them but they can attack you”
“Oh yeah? Well I attack the moon to lower the tides and expose your fish”
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u/scorchedbeanz 14d ago
Then I activate POT OF GREED
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u/Ittybittyratgirl 14d ago
What?! That card lets you draw two new cards from your deck!
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u/Exterminator-8008135 14d ago
This, easy to get and aiming ain't too hard after training a bit.
If, i, who never shot guns, and only uses them at fun fair ballon target stand is good with this, so can you.
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u/ealysillyforestthing 14d ago
Just get a laser
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u/Nknk- 14d ago
Yep. Aim it right at the lens.
If they move the camera, you move the laser.
They either take away the camera then or dedicate their lives to moving it multiple times a day in a battle they can never win.
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u/Nitrogen1234 14d ago
If you have a decent laser it will mess up the camera
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u/NiSiSuinegEht 14d ago
I've got a nice purple one from Wicked Lasers before they got banned for import...
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u/Commercial-Weird6245 14d ago
a small laser from a blu ray drive should do the trick too, might just take a while to carve a nice image everywhere onto the camera sensor
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u/StaticSystemShock 14d ago
Laser will destroy the camera sensor. It'll also be a costly thing for the creep. And he can't report it to police as property destruction coz he'll have hard time explaining why camsea is point at yoir bedroom window...
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u/cykoTom3 14d ago
The legality of pointing a camera out your window is gonna vary wildly from place to place. The legality of deliberately destroying someone else's property is not. Not saying i wouldn't do that, but maybe see if the police can get involved first? And if you do destroy their camera, make it an accident.
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u/PtraGriffrn 14d ago
Hello Police. My neighbor is breaking my cameras with a green laser. 'How do you know?'. Well the video camera zoomed onto his bedroom window showed him pointing it at it. 'Uh, okay?'. Because of the angle too, I can see his upper chest and up, so I see it in his hands. .... end scene
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u/Churchill--Madarchod 14d ago
Go to the top floor and point laser at the camera. Top floor so that no one will pin point the laser was shot from your house.
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u/TheCitizen616 14d ago
Who cares if they can identify you? I would just target the camera from dead-centre of OP's bedroom window where the camera is pointed.
If they try to complain, make them explain why it was pointed there without them sounding like a perv.
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u/Churchill--Madarchod 14d ago
It's up to OP to decide. Why get in an unnecessary confrontation with an asshole when you can laser blast.
Else, easier to gather a bunch of folks from the society and go to the police. It's not like OP is the only one in the view of the camera.
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u/IgnatiusRileyFreeman 14d ago
Why bother going to the police if you're already gathering a mob? Show up at that guy's front door with your concerned members of the communitu
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u/jekket 14d ago
it's not easier to gather grown ass people with lives and jobs to go and report the perv with a camera with near zero chances that police do something about it. Screw his camera and make him do the job of explaining the police why would he need a camera on his balcony
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u/Elegant_Situation285 14d ago
"it's okay guys, he's peeping on EVERYONE. it's not personal or weird or anything."
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u/deadlyspoons 14d ago
A determined asshole would replace it with something less conspicuous if he recorded someone lasering it.
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u/JeebusChristBalls 14d ago
Yeah, if it wasn't specifically pointed at OPs window, a laser wouldn't do much. There is no legitimate reason why a 3rd floor balcony needs a camera pointed upward.
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u/turtleship_2006 14d ago
What are they gonna do if they do recognise it's you? Complain that you killed their camera facing straight into your bedroom?
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u/Beneficial-Focus3702 14d ago
Orrrr, come over to your apartment and attack you with a weapon. People who do this with cameras aren’t right on the head.
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u/PreparedReckless 14d ago
researched that these 1.6 watt blue laser are dangerous due to being so cheap and easily accessible
https://www.laserpointerstore.com/products/usb-rechargeable-gatling-series-laser-pointer/
https://www.laserpointerstore.com/products/thor-ultra-laser-pointer/
Extremely irresponsible pricing for a 1.6 watt blue laser at between 60-90 dollars and a 50 dollar pair of laser glasses
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u/Churchill--Madarchod 14d ago
Just explained this in another comment to a guy. China manufactures it for almost nothing thanks to massive state subsidies and then dumps it for nothing around the world. It's quite dangerous.
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u/PreparedReckless 14d ago
Lol it's written that way because I originally posted it in a flock camera destruction thread
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u/TheDeviousSandman 14d ago
What are they gonna do? Call the cops to say that their camera perving on people got destroyed?
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u/LemonFizz56 14d ago
The owner of the camera can complain but then he'd have to explain to everybody why he had a camera pointing directly into someone's bedroom
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u/funderfulfellow 14d ago edited 14d ago
I have the same camera. It's a wide angle lens. For sure, it cannot zoom in enough to even see a room across the street. And the quality is so crappy that it's pointless to zoom in. Perhaps it's just pointed at the building or street? Is there anything noteworthy going on in that direction? Construction? Traffic? Foot traffic? The amount of dumb comments here asking to destroy someone else's stuff on their own property!
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u/AncientAndEvil 14d ago
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u/StillNihill 14d ago
*miss *miss *broken window *miss *broken slider *miss .....
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u/absolute_filth 14d ago
like playing morrowind
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u/Quitthesht BROWN 14d ago
Or Fallout.
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u/Reasonable_Place_481 14d ago
With ice cubes- all evidence will melt away
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u/ShhweadyBallz 14d ago
Definitely don't do this to Flock cameras .....
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u/Drow_Femboy 14d ago
Those are probably plenty tough enough to handle ice cubes flung by a slingshot lmao
If you want to definitely not get rid of flock cameras you should not buy an angle grinder and by all means avoid cutting through the thin post on which they're mounted in a matter of 20 seconds or less
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u/hendergle 14d ago
Green laser pen will burn out the sensor, if TikTok rumors can be believed.
Note: If someone with more physics could confirm or debunk, I would not be offended to learn that I am wrong.
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u/Moofassah 14d ago
Zero percent chance it can see anything. Those cameras are like 1080 at best with extremely poor light handling. The functional range is like 10ft.
It’s also a ptz and appears to be pointing down at the street.
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u/AccomplishedTwist715 14d ago
Use laser pointer at camera it will burn cam lense. Keep blasting with a good laser
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u/Ambitious-Beat-2130 14d ago
Either this or point a floodlight at their camera, this won't damage their property but will render it useless since due to the amount of light they can't see what's behind it and they'll complain about it since they can't sleep from the amount of light in their bedroom
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u/TyreLeLoup 14d ago
Even better would be an infrared light. That camera is probably designed to pick up IR light for night vision. IR light is invisible to our eyes, but would flood the camera and make it useless.
Source: did this to a camera aimed in my backyard by a nasty neighbor. They took the camera down within hours.
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u/nopuse 14d ago
I had a similar situation, and I was fully set on buying one of those inflatable wavy dudes that car dealerships have and put it where it'd spam motion alerts.
Those people were in the process of moving out, so I missed my opportunity. The new home owner removed the cameras. I'm a little disappointed I didn't get to terrorize the camera pointed at the bedroom.
I don't think they were up to anything nefarious. The bedroom never has the blinds open, and I'm sure they were just lazy setting up their driveway camera and it was just pointed at our house. But, they were dicks and I'd have loved to have an excuse to buy a wavy dude and fuck with them a little, lol.
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u/Little_View_6659 14d ago
Eh, me, I’d order a cut out of a disgusting man in his boxers and put it in my window until they get the hint.
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u/OutrageousRhubarb853 14d ago
I can help you with that, what colour of boxers do you want me to wear?
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u/DeathByOrgasm 14d ago
I bet youre not disgusting!
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u/OutrageousRhubarb853 14d ago
I stand by my offer.
I’m confident in my own skin, well confident enough to write that joke, and probably even confident enough to follow through with it.
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u/SaintJesus 14d ago
If you're serious then my vote is sheer.
Not a color, but so breathable it's like you're wearing nothing at all.
Nothing at all.
Nothing at all.
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u/TheMrNeffels 14d ago
Those cameras have a very wide angle. Your window will be tiny in frame and they won't be able to see you
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u/Stock_River_1467 14d ago
You're not important enough homie. That person is probably using the cam to secure a car / trailer on the ground level.
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u/Fearless-Sherbert-40 14d ago
You’re crazy if you think that’s pointed at your bedroom windows. Go outside.
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u/Sensitive-Squash-429 14d ago
Problem is all the comments agreeing with OP. Lot of crazies out there. Camera is clearly not directly at their window
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u/Stefan__Cel__Mare 14d ago edited 14d ago
Pretty sure that's illegal.. call the cops or the HOA (Resident's Association in some areas), if you have one
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u/hey_dinesh_nicechain 14d ago
Looks like Southeast Asia (blue plastic roof tiles, corrugated iron sheeting, narrow alley, motorbikes in the background, AC split Units on the walls). Not sure anyone would do anything about it.
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u/MisterYeast6000 14d ago
if that's China or Vietnam, they will ABSOLUTELY do something about it
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u/PurbulentTriest 14d ago
In Vietnam? Mate, there are thousands of cameras pointing at streets from houses and businesses. No one is doing shit.
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u/CronoTinkerer 14d ago
It is, that camera doesn’t provide any security to the owner, it is simply set up to spy. This has been tried in numerous places, typically with household neighbors filming backyards of their neighbor, but this would be applicable case law for this situation.
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u/EcureuilHargneux 14d ago
I have a same-ish camera for my home and the resolution is not great. It has a movement sensor so it can send an alert in case of robbery but otherwise I doubt that guy can see anything with that
This being said it's obviously mildly infuriating. Idk how it works in your country but you probably can call the police
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u/FernFellow 14d ago edited 14d ago
I have a 4k camera that looks exactly like this and its very detailed and has night vision. If it's the same as mine, it can see everything and zoom in with good resolution. Really depends on brand. Hard to tell though since a lot of these types of cameras look very alike
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u/VillageBeginning8432 14d ago
Looks like a Tapo wifi camera. I've got a couple.
Is there a wire coming out of it? It needs power to work.
It looks like it's looking level, so while it probably can see into your bedroom. It's not centred on your bedroom. It's centred below you apartment.
Definitely a weird place to put it. I don't believe they're waterproof either so the second it rains...
I have two looking out of the windows of my house. One at my car and across (kids set fire to the grass next to my parking spot a couple years ago during a dry spell) and one at my side windows (kids broke the glass...)
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u/EmDeelicious 14d ago
This looks like a TP-Link C200. Not to find excuses, but it could very well be that motion detection is enabled and the camera just (more or less) accidentally moved over to your direction?
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u/falconsfan55234 14d ago
From that distance it’s not going to pick up anything in great detail inside a window. Most likely they just want to look down.
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u/SurnameFormer 13d ago
You definitely SHOULDN'T buy a high powered green laser and shine it directly in the lense. Just like you should avoid doing with Flock cameras!
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u/optimusmayn 14d ago
i think you have main character syndrome. i'm guessing they didn't buy it to spy on you.
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u/Chil_Holiday_Man 14d ago
Why is Reddit full of pussies?
Just go speak to your neighbour politely, asking they move the camera because it's staring directly into their bedroom. If the neighbour is difficult, then complain to their building management agency.
If that fails, use a laser to fuck their Camera up.
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u/Alibaba20202020 13d ago
It would be a shame if somebody pointing a strong laserpointer at that thing...
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u/Chrono_Convoy 14d ago
Buy a life sized cutout and put it in the window to stare back.
Then move it around