Unless you are trying to catch a specific verbal threat, turn the microphone off. It protects you legally and ethically.
This creates a strange, tacit social contract: I will watch your property line if you watch mine. Unless you are trying to catch a specific
We live in the age of the $30 security camera. With a tap on your phone, you can check on your dog, see if you left the garage open, or catch a raccoon tipping over your trash can. But as home security camera systems become cheaper, smarter, and more ubiquitous, we are bumping up against a difficult question: you can check on your dog
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