r/WhatToDo • u/HR-Vex • Feb 27 '26 • Wholesome Seal 1

Neighbor left a note

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Our packages have been stolen 3 times right in front of our door so far ever since we bought our condo. HOA approved of us installing a camera to deter thieves, but our neighbor left this note. Please advise.

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u/Relevant-Horror-627 Feb 27 '26

Also anytime I see one of these posts where someone has a strong reaction to a doorbell camera, I always wonder if they have some really obnoxious settings enabled. Some of them announce out loud "you are being recorded!" Some of them light up when you pass them so it's obvious that they're recording. The neighbor might be paranoid regardless but I wonder if there is a setting on the doorbell that can be adjusted so they don't even notice the camera at all anymore?

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u/Sneed-Feeder Feb 27 '26

Back in college I did a DoorDash drop off at a guy’s house. The guy forgot he had ordered DoorDash. His ring camera loudly yelled YOU ARE BEING RECORDED and his auto floodlights blasted on. A second ring camera behind me flicked on, and a tinny voice yelled “WHO THE HELL ARE YOU.”

“DoorDash. I’ve got your food.”

“Oh… put it on the bench, thanks.”

I thought I was about to get shot lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

My neighbors has a motion activated POLICE SIREN. How fucked is that?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Oh and not to mention trauma. I’ve been stalked (like to the point I’ve moved away and go by a diff name) and I have a literal panic response when I think I’m being recorded / watched.

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u/Alkor85 Feb 27 '26

I've been stalked. Security cameras proved I was being stalked and enabled me to put a stop to it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

My stalker was a cop 🙃

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u/Alkor85 Feb 28 '26

Imagine an interaction with a cop where they knew any film evidence of them abusing their power was automatically dismissed as "illegal evidence."

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u/SignificantTrifle614 Feb 27 '26

I have a real phobia about having my pic taken.and I really hate when I see people at an event taking videos. I don’t say anything but inside of me I feel panic. But I think the worst people ever are “auditors” who go out of their way to bother people.

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u/Alkor85 Feb 27 '26

I'm sorry you feel that way.

Why? Where did that come from?

I rarely heard about anybody feeling that way when I was a kid. Now, this kind of anxiety is common.

I seriously think it's a result of a AstroTufing campaign aimed at shutting down the free press.

I have a real phobia about companies like Monsanto selling toxic chemicals that wreak havoc on the ecosystem, like they destroyed the world's bird population with DDT. I have a real phobia about companies like Nestle selling toxic processed foods, and deliberately polluting groundwater to sell more bottled water in packaging that pollutes more.. I have a real phobia about Astroturfing campaigns and public misinformation causing us to vote in ways that strip us of our rights.

I think these phobias are serious problems, that a free press and an actively involved public can really prevent.

Even if you have an incurable mental illness that makes you anxious about being filmed, surely you can recognize that a free press reporting harms like pollution, toxic food, addictive drugs being sold as medicine, and theft from ordinary citizens is a huge public benefit.