Am I overreacting? I just saw the CPI security systems commercial where a very young girl pulls out a tablet from under her pillow and pulls up the video and audio of her brother in his bedroom. They chat a bit and then he comes to her room.
One of the things I would fear most about having video cameras in kids’ rooms would be that the other kids (or somebody outside the family) would have access to them. It’s being marketed as a big plus apparently. I mean, we all know how kids like to share things…like video streams embarrassing their siblings. And who the heck wants their teen son having access to his younger sister’s bedroom video?
Is CPI being intentionally creepy, or are they just tone-deaf? Am I just an old fogey?
Not just you. Though for me, it’s more than just kid monitoring.
All these commercials with multiple cameras all over the house, “where’s the hedgehog?”; don’t these people understand that if they can see inside, so can others? No password is secure.
It’s all a government plot! They want us to get used to 24/7 surveillance. In 1984, the government forced every house to have full time monitoring, In 2022, people willingly pay money and buy their own.
A potential care giver for my 92 year old mother suggested maybe cameras to keep an eye on her since she would not wear the ‘I’ve fallen and can’t get up button’. I felt it way to creepy.
Now that she has passed and the house is empty, I have set up two cameras outside and two inside. I live 100 miles away, and I can kinda keep an eye on things.
Sure, parents being able to see their kids makes sense. But the OP seems to be talking about siblings being able to see each other. That seems very strange. Kids more and more want privacy from each other.
I agree with BigT about children wanting privacy from sibs and family members.
I’m not a luddite. There are seven video surveillance cameras on the exterior and interior of my house. But I would have to have an overwhelming justification to place one in any interior room where people have the slightest expectation of privacy. And I would have to be absolutely positive that no video is accessible to unauthorized users, especially children.
And I sure as hell don’t want an 11 YO daughter growing up in the belief that a camera installed by her father in her bedroom is a perfectly normal thing.
Nope. My big brother loves me very much, but I could be an annoying pest at times when we were growing up. ['m sure this comes as a complete shock to you] His room was a haven for him. I’m quite sure that me bugging him via computer would have been a nightmare come true for him. LOL
We similarly have outdoor security cams (including one down by the pond to keep an eye on the coyotes), but indoor cameras are verboten unless we’re away from home.
Loss of privacy and hackability should be important considerations when setting up indoor systems, enabling Alexa and installing other “smart home” features. But many people blithely go ahead with cool-sounding tech while ignoring potential negative consequences.
I love stories about horrified mommies discovering that a Mysterious Stranger has hacked into their baby-cam.
I’m afraid this is really true. (It’s both a government plot and a capitalist plot.) My anecdote is a set of much younger co-workers, all of whom have every listening device imaginable installed in their homes, to save them the tedium of flipping a light switch wherever possible, as well as have their entertainment fully voice-controlled and whatever other benefits people enjoy.
When I expressed some shock and horror at this, they (to a person) all shrugged, said “I have nothing to hide,” and implied that I must have a lot to hide. These kids have absolutely been trained to accept surveillance.