Privacy concerns extend beyond the person who bought the camera. Smart doorbells have created a "surveillance dragnet" in residential areas.
Most modern cameras feature person detection and facial recognition. If your camera points at a sidewalk, street, or a neighbor’s yard, you are likely recording them without permission. In some jurisdictions (e.g., Germany, parts of the EU), this violates strict data protection laws (GDPR). In the U.S., while public recording is generally legal, pointing a camera into a neighbor’s window is not. indian village aunty pissing outside new hidden camera