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So, do the parents get a refund on all their property taxes paid, that go to the local public schools, since the kids will be banned from attending?

@AVB-AMG Based on all the responses above, you should have stopped right there. I see a pattern, do you?

And this is where 99% of shooting situations start. A criminal, by definition, doesn't follow CURRENT laws. Yet, you want to penalize law abiding citizens, and FORCE them to buy insurance.

Deeply? ...." Public health experts say there’s minimal risk for a disease outbreak now, as only 1.9 percent of all students in New Jersey are unvaccinated due to religious exemptions. " So, less than 2%, but they want to force everyone else to be vaccinated? ....." Experts do say they are concerned rising exemptions will weaken “herd immunity” for those who depend on others for protection. " So, it's OTHER people's responsibility for disease protection? How Socialist of them! There are approximately 1.7 million kids under age 14 in the state. 9,500 doesn't even make a blip on the radar.

So, in the case of one immuno-compromised child, the whole town should be vaccinated, just in case? How about allergic to bees, should the whole town be doused with Malathion to kill the bee population? How about hit by and killed by a drunk driver, close down all the liquor stores and ban alcohol? Where does it stop, that other large groups of people need to be forced to do something because a small minority has issues? Where does personal responsibility fit in here? Should public restaurants, stores, theaters, malls, beaches, airports, etc. have that right too? After all, it isn't just the school that the immuno-compromised child will travel to. We go down a really slippery slope when certain activities get mandated. Just imagine where this can go......

So, you're OK with the government mandating what we have to put in our bodies? When do they start the chip implantments?

That battle has been going on for quite a while, because many employers try to skirt the employee/contractor laws. The state has always tried to make contractors employees, if they are under direct control for their time and schedules by the employer. I can remember many years ago having to battle that when I had my business. Lawmakers, traditionally, aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer. We see this over and over and over..

That list are the passwords people CHOOSE to replace the factory defaults. So yes, they are still idiots, for not picking a strong or random password when they change them.

The top 10 most common passwords were: 123456 123456789 qwerty password 111111 12345678 abc123 1234567 password1 12345

Yes, much of the fault falls on the end users for sure. They used the default passwords and never changed them (which happens a lot MORE than what's reported) They used the same passwords they use for many other sites, and hackers who have penetrated other sites, share these passwords all over the place. They put cameras in sensitive areas of their homes, then store that recorded video in some cloud somewhere, that has access by who knows how many other people (and subsequently any hacker that gets in). The point being, these aren't just one off, rare occurrences, this is happening to thousands, and not just with Ring, but with Alexa, Google, Facebook, Nest and many other IoT connected items and cameras. There used to be a site that posted links to hundreds of home security video systems not protected. You could scroll through all these camera images and decide who's house you wanted to watch, in real time. And you can't protect people from themselves. So in the case of video security, as is with gold, if you don't hold it, you don't own it. These videos should be stored on a DVR in the users house, with robust security protections, not out in the cloud somewhere. But, as we see here, people are willing to give up personal freedom and TONS of personal privacy, for the sake of convenience.

Now here's a good one. Remember the Verizon commercial "Can you hear me now"? 'I can see you in bed!’ Woman says a hacker swore at her through her home security camera The hackers were not only able to see her in her bedroom, they also talked to her over her security system on Monday evening. “I was terrified. I literally could not move my body,” the woman said about the moment a stranger hacked a Ring camera inside a Brookhaven couple’s bedroom. The woman who asked for her identity not to be disclosed said she and her boyfriend installed the camera so they could keep a close eye on their dog Beau while they were at work. “I was laying there and had just put him in his crate, and I hear a cough over the Ring camera. I see the blue light come on, so I text my boyfriend saying, ‘Why are you watching?’ We’re laying down, and we’re about to go to sleep, and he’s like, ‘What are you talking about?’” she said. “I can see you in bed! C’mon, wake the (bleeped expletive) up,” the hacker said. The couple said they later found out that someone hacked into their ring account at least four times. https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2019/12/12/i-can-see-you-bed-woman-says-hacker-swore-her-through-her-home-security-camera/

This is getting a TON of coverage today: A family in DeSoto County, Mississippi, bought a Ring security camera so they could keep an eye on their three young girls in their bedroom. Four days later, they learned that a hacker had broken into the camera and subjected their children to continuous bedroom surveillance, taunting the children through the camera's built-in speaker. Motherboard identified several crime-forums where hackers were trading automated tools to break into Ring cameras, using credential-stuffing attacks (previously), which involve trying a succession of leaked username/password combos until you find one that has been recycled on the service you're trying to break into. These tools sell for as little as $6. Using good passwords and 2FA is good advice, but better advice is to never put networked cameras or microphones in your home, ever. Ever.

Oh my, I guess this is another reason not to have security systems connected to the Internet, where data your data is stored off site (in the cloud), and controlled/accessed by others: Ring security camera hacks see homeowners subjected to racial abuse, ransom demands Multiple U.S. families have reported incidents of Ring camera systems being hacked in recent days, raising questions as to whether the systems are allowing hackers access to people's homes, without ever having to set foot inside. Owners of Ring security cameras in Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and Texas have reported incidents where hackers tormented families with racial slurs, encouraged children into destructive behavior and demanded a ransom in Bitcoin. "I can't even put into words how violated I feel. It really is like my worst nightmare," Mississippi mom Ashley Lemay told ABC's "Good Morning America." Only four days after installing it, her eight-year-old daughter, Alyssa, heard music and a banging noise coming from the room where the camera was installed. Alyssa says that when she began looking for the source of the noise, she heard a voice saying, "I'm Santa Claus, don't you want to be my best friend?" "I see the blue light come on, and so I'm texting my boyfriend saying, you know, 'Why are you watching? We're laying down. We're about to go to sleep.' He's like, 'What are you talking about?'" the woman told ABC affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta. Seconds later, she said she heard someone clapping and saying, "I can see you in the bed! ... Come on! Wake the f--- up!" For the Brown family of Cape Coral, Florida, the hack of their Ring camera brought racist abuse into their home. Video from the camera taken Sunday night shows a home alarm being triggered, followed by a voice spewing racial abuse through the camera. "Is your kid a baboon, like the monkey?" said the hacker. The abuse continued for three minutes, until the family removed the batteries from the camera. Disturbingly, the family said their 15-year-old son did not appear on the camera during the incident, leading the family to believe the hacker had been observing them for longer than just that night, according to Naples ABC affiliate WZVN. https://abcnews.go.com/US/ring-security-camera-hacks-homeowners-subjected-racial-abuse/story?id=67679790

Great idea:

It starts out as what seems to be a helpful agreement, you give local LEO's access to your video data because a robbery happened in your neighborhood. Sounds fine, right? Except, you just gave the LEOs freedom to use your data however they want for an extended time period. So, earlier in the day, you yelled at your wife for not bring home your beer, and a few hours before that, you yelled at your kids for not putting their bikes away. Then you made comments towards your neighbor for parking his POS car in front of your house. Then, you had a argument with your other neighbor about the Giants/Eagles game, and he calls the LEOs saying you have anger management issues. Guess what, you already gave free access to the LEO of your video recordings, and what happens when they review them? Can you say "Red Flag" laws... Be careful what you do because of convenience.... If your data (Ring, Alexa, Google Home, Facebook) ISN'T stored on your property, it can be used against you.

Wow, what did that guy have for lunch?

That's what they want you to believe: https://www.cnet.com/news/ring-gave-police-a-street-level-view-of-where-video-doorbells-were-for-over-a-year/ ....."Knowing where every Ring camera is located in a neighborhood raises the issue of potential police surveillance, said Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, author of The Rise of Big Data Policing and a law professor at the University of the District of Columbia. "When police can see which houses were likely to have footage, it undercuts the anonymity, or control or consent," he said.

Which is why the operative word I used was HIGHER..... Focus please... Yeah, I was going to type that too...

That's a good point. If you get notification that the camera is triggered, and you check the video and see the camera is covered, then it would be safe to assume, it's not a Amazon delivery. If his porch ceiling is higher than 7 feet, just mount the camera up at the ceiling line. Someone would have to grab a chair or ladder to cover the camera, and just like my first paragraph, you'll instantly know if it's Friend or Foe. Plus, being tucked up at the ceiling line will help with glare and IR issues.

Kinda what I was thinking... if the camera is outside or behind the door, they first have to walk up to it, to cover it (camera or door). In either case, they will be seen first, before the covering.

If you want your recorded videos shared with LEOs Couldn't someone just cover the glass on the door? It's better to find a spot mounted high up, where someone can't reach it? How high is your porch roof?

Wait, you don't love dogs???? Are you a terrorist?

Ha, looks like someone slipped on the keyboard and added a extra "3".