Why the bleeding fornication would anyone voluntarily use a device that uploads pictures of the inside of their own home to a third party that they don’t personally know? Dropcam feeds are encrypted in transit. They’re NOT encrypted at rest on their kloudkrap servers. Having several cameras using your WAN link all of the time would also probably hog bandwidth nicely.

If 1984 comes, it will be with the sheepsumers’ consent in the name of security. Jeebus H. Dancing Xhrist — it’s not that hard to set up a hidden digital DVR that doesn’t have the same level of creepiness as something like Dropcam.

Wireless cams are under $100. A Mac Mini or similar with big HDD can be had for $250 used, and can be easily hidden. You don’t even need bespoke DVR software. Newer Trendnet cameras will dump directly to an SMB share!

Lastly, is there really a point in putting cameras in a condo? Judging by some friends’ experience with San Diego police, they probably have better things to do than look for housebreakers. Their response was “tell it to your insurance company.”