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I need help advocating for privacy in my HOA, which wants to set up cameras in common areas (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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A new neighbor moved in and is really advocating for them, but I think most people in the HOA are split. It's come up after some recent thefts after someone left a garage door open. I'm thinking of organizing my arguments like this:

  1. Even with a camera capturing a thief's face, police are unlikely to actually catch the person or retreive the stolen property.
  2. Invasion of personal privacy, I don't like being tracked and my whereabouts being monitored
  3. Surrendering biometric data without my consent
  4. Police / ICE using the data without permission to harass our residents

How does this sound? It's so exhausting fighting against this. Does anyone have any other good points or articles that can provide support? Many thanks in advance

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The neighbor leaving their own garage open and having only themself to blame is exactly how I read it. I was assuming the HOA was planning to put surveillance cameras around the entire neighborhood, partially because I've only heard HOA as referring to suburban residential communities, and usually have heard "board" or "committee" being used for building or townhome setups.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I see. Since I live in a condo, our HOA dues pay for all the common area maintenance, trash collection, insurance, and because the plumbing wasn't fully converted it covers everyone's water as well. We elect a Board and use a management company but big expensive decisions are voted on by the whole HOA. But I get your point, it could be either.

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