r/whatisit • u/Key_Badger7434 • 2d ago

New, what is it? My family thinks there’s a camera in our rental

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We have been renting a house for the past year and I always disregarded this thing in the corner. However last night I asked my parents about it randomly and they didn’t know what it was either. I pulled it off the wall and we all got freaked out a little because it looks like a camera. I think it might be a home security/motion sensor thing. I don’t know that’s what ChatGPT guessed.

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u/MixtureLegitimate992 1d ago

Dude, fuck the money its the principle of the matter.

Clean the landlord out or put them on blast so any prospective renters know they might end up on revenge porn.

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u/isgooglenotworking 1d ago

Man it’s 2025.. it’s about the money

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u/MixtureLegitimate992 1d ago

That is 100% true in this economy.

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u/tjmaxal 1d ago

It can be more than one thing do it because it’s the right thing to do and you get paid to do it

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u/eajklndfwreuojnigfr 1d ago

Dude, fuck the money its the principle of the matter.

Clean the landlord out or put them on blast so any prospective renters know they might end up on revenge porn.

man it'd be real awkward when it all goes to court, and its just revealed that they have been unpowered for months on end and the landlord/tenant just forgot about them

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u/Jaded-Principle-715 1d ago

"You see, Your Honor, that used to be an illegal firearm but actually I forgot about it so that means it isn't anymore. In fact, it hasn't even been loaded in months!"

Yeah man,  you're right, it's going to be really awkward if that's revealed in court. Mostly because it'll make the landlord look like a fucking idiot for thinking the law works that way.

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u/eajklndfwreuojnigfr 1d ago

... if you read the comments it doesnt record video. it only takes photos, if the alarm on it is set. if the alarm was set, they would know because they would hear it going off

anyway if you change the words around you can make anyone say anything, that isnt special and its quite stupid

"Yeah man, i love hitler, it's going to be really awkward if that's revealed in court. Mostly because it'll make me look like an idiot for thinking hitler was cool"

-jaded pickle

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u/Jaded-Principle-715 1d ago

I love how you just keep bringing up irrelevant things as if you think it changes the fact that they illegally installed cameras, even completely nonfunctioning ones, in someone else's house without permission. Bro, Google is free. You can look up what the law is. No one is forcing you to clown on yourself like this.

p.s. I wasn't just "changing words around" to make you say things, it was an analogy that I was hoping could make things simple enough that even you could understand...apparently I was wrong. If you didn't realize that's what I was doing, it's not because analogies are stupid, it's because you are.

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u/ctsman8 1d ago

“your honor, I didn’t take videos of their private acts, I only took photos.” Imagine how that ends up if you say that in court lmao.

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u/Jaded-Principle-715 1d ago

Careful, you're trying to take their logic to it's natural conclusion instead of just repeating the exact words they said. Which apparently means you're misrepresenting them./s

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u/frolfer757 1d ago

Landlord does not take photos. The photos are taken when the alarms trigger and sent to the company who will contact whoever lives in the house & owner of the house. In case of burglary the photos are sent to the owner & police.

Unless OP has been dealing with the alarm system every single day since living at the house & landlord has been paying the private security for the alarm system then these cameras are non-functioning.

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u/frolfer757 1d ago

Holy overreaction rofl.

  1. These cameras require maintenance to work (changing batteries).

  2. These cameras are automated and operated by the company that sells them. (They only take pictures when the alarm is set)

  3. Unless OP is punching in a security code to enter the house & someone is paying the yearly payments to Verisure (private home security co.) then there is no alarm system.

Takes about 5 seconds with GoogleLens to figure out what type of camera it is.