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This world is no longer the safe and comforting place that we used to know and you as person in the world should know that. Remember those days when neighbors and friends would look out for your best interest, your property, etc. Well that time is done and gone; most homeowners nowadays have switched to a more responsible and dependable system of installing home security cameras in order to protect their family and their assets and to ward the dangers of the outside world. Also with the fact that home security cameras prices are continually on the decline it has become more and more affordable for the commonplace family to own one for themselves. Most cameras however come in black and white, though there are color cameras but slightly more expensive, the images produced are readily recognizable and accepted in court.

Increasingly so homeowners are constantly installing home security cameras in their home as a preemptive strike against delinquent activities especially if their residence is in a crime ridden neighborhood. Cameras are also frequently used in business and industry as a way to keep track of the daily ongoing events in their businesses, private residences are however becoming the prime targets of companies that sell and market home security cameras for personal use as they would take advantage of the lack of knowledge and ignorance of most individuals to the security product industry. That is why it is so important to do research first and purchase the proper system that suits you.

The problem and most unfortunate thing is that quite a few individuals nowadays use cameras for their own personal and illicit activities such as leering in on neighbors or even worst at their own family members. While the increase in availability is good thing, there is also an increase in the lack of the sense of responsibility when it comes to owning a camera. Way to often people end of committing crimes, quite often so carelessly, in the process of protecting their family.

Being careful in reference to Privacy Laws

Frequently nowadays there are too many cases of homeowners installing security cameras in their premises without looking into or inspecting the total scope or region of sight of a camera. One good example is someone keeping records of their boundary lines could quite accidentally so, take images of the neighbors' private property. This is in itself is a violation of privacy and gives off a rather negative foresight of what a home security camera really represents and its use, not forgetting giving privacy advocates something to scream about.

Another case to think about is inside of your own home, yes inside of your house. Imagine you are in the bathroom or in your bedroom changing, bathing, etc and all that time somebody is looking at you through a camera. Even in some states, in order to record in common areas in the house, if a person is visiting they have to be forewarned that they are being recorded. The use of home security camera in a household environment has to be used sparingly and with a sense of privacy in mind because while some boundaries might clear like the bedroom and bathroom others are a thin line between being the family protector and being a plain old stalker.

Outside presents even more of a challenge in that as stated before while recording your own property you could end up with images of the neighbors' property. What is worst is images are captured of activities inside of the neighbor's house? And this can be heavily charged for invading the neighbors' privacy.

In conclusion while the use of home security cameras may have changed the world for better, giving a person a tighter grip over the security of their family and assets, if used irresponsibly could mean some serious jail time and/or fines.