Trail cams for security

[knieft]

A couple of other notes:
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Many cameras can send you a notification when this occurs.  I’ve stopped looking at these notifications though, as they are usually a palm frond or cat.  Some cameras are better than others in using AI to detect whether the shape is a person.
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Sounds like another reason it may not be worthwhile.

Thanks for the feedback from posters. It feels like I should do _something_ beyond letting the thieves come regularly unhindered. I'm a fan of "stupid and futile gestures" and so will likely move forward on some sort of deterrent. I worry, of course, that the house is next. This is a six acre property, so I will likely use a mix of trail cams and old Eufy cams (because they work with HomeKit) facing out from the house, and perhaps using an old iPhone SE and iPod touch as cams as well. The priority being no subscriptions and some redundancy.

Will see how it goes, and thanks again for the responses!

Cheers,
Kirt