7 Ways Your Doorbell Camera Helps Burglars, Not You (And the $2 Fixes Former CIA Use)

You bought a video doorbell to watch your own front step. The problem is that, straight out of the box on its default settings, it does a fair amount of watching for the wrong person too — quietly publishing your schedule, showing which system you run, and answering a stranger's most useful question before he ever sets foot on your path. After a week spent actually reading the manual on my own, here are seven ways a doorbell camera helps a burglar more than it helps you — and the free or roughly $2 fix for each. You will learn the setting that tells a stranger you are not home, the blind strip of ground the camera cannot see, why the brand sign in your flowerbed is doing him a favor, the privacy page almost nobody opens, and the one button you should think twice before pressing. None of these cost more than a couple of dollars, and you can change every one of them tonight from the app in your hand. Tell me in the comments which fix you will do first. The one with the most comments gets its own full video next. Everything here is public, legal, and about securing your own camera and your own privacy. #homesecurity #doorbellcamera #videodoorbell #privacy #seniorsafety #smarthome #safetytips #protectyourhome