<story><title>Nest launches an outdoor security camera</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/20/nest-launches-a-new-349-smart-outdoor-security-camera/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>chrissnell</author><text>I used to live in Tacoma, WA, which had a lot of petty crime.  My neighbor was a cop and he told us that the biggest problem with security cameras was that they didn&amp;#x27;t capture faces and so the videos were useless to police and prosecutors. People typically place them up high and the burglars wear hoodies.  He recommended putting them down low and hiding them, like in a bushy potted plant on your doorstep, in bushes, a hole in a fence, etc.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t get the point of expensive, tamper-resistant cameras for home use.  I&amp;#x27;d rather have more cameras.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gnicholas</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;People typically place them up high and the burglars wear hoodies. He recommended putting them down low and hiding them, like in a bushy potted plant on your doorstep, in bushes, a hole in a fence, etc.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sounds like there&amp;#x27;s a tension between high-visibility for deterrence and better placement for apprehension&amp;#x2F;prosecution. Perhaps the best plan is to put up a dummy camera up high and a real one down low.</text></comment>
<story><title>Nest launches an outdoor security camera</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/20/nest-launches-a-new-349-smart-outdoor-security-camera/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>chrissnell</author><text>I used to live in Tacoma, WA, which had a lot of petty crime.  My neighbor was a cop and he told us that the biggest problem with security cameras was that they didn&amp;#x27;t capture faces and so the videos were useless to police and prosecutors. People typically place them up high and the burglars wear hoodies.  He recommended putting them down low and hiding them, like in a bushy potted plant on your doorstep, in bushes, a hole in a fence, etc.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t get the point of expensive, tamper-resistant cameras for home use.  I&amp;#x27;d rather have more cameras.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>traviswingo</author><text>Also, even if the camera captures a face, most local police departments won&amp;#x27;t be able to do anything with that image except put up &amp;quot;wanted posters&amp;quot; for a while. They don&amp;#x27;t necessarily have the authority&amp;#x2F;luxury to run it through a facial recognition system to find a stolen tv.</text></comment>