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Watching the Watchmen: Balancing Home Security with Personal Privacy
Your camera covers your property line. But most consumer cameras (especially wide-angle and doorbell models) cannot help but capture the sidewalk, the street, and your neighbor's front door.
It is legal in all 50 states to place a hidden camera in your home to monitor a babysitter or house cleaner—provided you do not record in bathrooms or bedrooms where there is an expectation of undressing. But morally, is it right? Legal experts note a disturbing trend: "domestic surveillance" leading to paranoia. Spouses have used "home security" systems to track their partner's comings and goings without consent, blurring the line between safety and stalking.
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