Security Cameras

[terracore]

The newer cameras have some interesting features. Some of them can detect a person (as opposed to simple motion detection which would alarm on any type of movement) and alert you and can even track them. They can also do the opposite, like if it expects to see people periodically (like in an elderly person's yard or home) and it goes a preset time without detecting their activity, it can push an alert that it's time to check on grandpa. There is another feature called "image anomaly patrol" that uses cloud AI to push an alert to anomalies in imagery that don't fall into other categories. Like maybe it detects water is starting to pond somewhere it's not supposed to (like your living room). Some of the advanced features require a cloud subscription. The "cloud" can also push an alert if your camera disappears from it's universe (like a power or internet outage). Many of them come with audible alarms too if you want to use that feature. They aren't as loud as a siren from an alarm system but they are loud enough to be noticed.

I know you're thinking, a lot of these features open doors to privacy violations and they probably do. Most of them have a gizmo that automatically physically covers the lens when the camera is powered off or in privacy mode.

Similarly to an iPhone where you do a standard OS update and it usually comes with new features, the newer cameras get features added to them after purchase. Some of them happen by firmware updates, some of them happen on the cloud end of it. Personally I have enough bills to pay and don't need to add a new one so I'm happy to stick with the free features.