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Originally Posted by Sliver
I don't have any Ring cameras inside my house. I have two in my garage, but I have the mic recording off just because I hang out in there a fair amount and don't like the idea of my conversations with my friends or my kids' conversations with their friends being recorded. When my kids have garage parties I unplug the cameras just so they have privacy, too, although a bunch of my beers from the beer fridge went missing last time so IDK.
Anyway, do you have the indoor ones set up in your living room and stuff? I'm not comfortable being recorded like that. No issue for you, something you get used to, trade off worth it for the security you feel it provides? Just curious.
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Your phone already does that. No matter what the settings are, assume that they can hear and see much of what you're doing depending on positioning of cameras and mics. Unplugging and no power is the only way to consider it off.
For in house, I just point it at the doorways and specific spots I want to occasionally monitor. I don't have it all over the house. The only time I had one in a room was for baby monitoring purposes. There's unmonitored zones on purpose that aren't "common area". As mentioned, the best defense against stolen footage is being the most boring ever.
I have more concern about my cell phone camera and mic maybe being on maliciously than I would for other cameras. I just assume those cameras can at any time be malicious any time and I physically control when it can and cannot be in the same way you unplug yours because it's a "risk" I'll take for features/convenience reasons. TBH, don't unplug it when your kids are there. Just leave it on and say it will never be monitored unless some reason afterwards requires it to be checked (ie: someone crashes a car into the garage while they're inside).