You Need to Start Using Your Security Camera Privacy Zones. Here's How to Do It

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Privacy and surveillance are common concerns these days. I've also gotten more questions about how companies use (or misuse) security video, especially if it's kept in the cloud. And everyone gets nervous thinking about others peering at them through security cam live views at any time.

One of the best answers is enabling privacy zones on your cameras, but far too few people know this option exists. Privacy zones let you block off custom areas of the camera to help address a plethora of issues. Here's everyone you need to know about enabling them.

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What is a privacy zone?

A privacy zone is an area you draw across a security camera's field of view to mark that spot as off-limits, meaning the camera won't detect motion there. Within those zones, the camera won't record or...

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