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The Forbes article about recording things on the street is really interesting. I've long thought most domestic CCTV installs are illegal and it seems a judge agrees with me.
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That is not what the judge said.
The person in question installed multiple devices looking into private spaces... i.e. their back garden, and implicitly the neighbours back gardens and overlooked rooms. It also had audio recording enabled, which is an invasion of privacy in public spaces too... as you may observe someone at 20m but not hear them.... but these devices permit that.
A video doorbell that directly looks out onto a public space, viewable from the public street, this is fine as it isn't an invasion of privacy to observe a public area (unless an area specific by-law is applied, i.e. outside some gov buildings). But you shouldn't enable audio detection, and ideally should enforce an observed zone that doesn't overlook others.
Velocio
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/ring-video-doorbell/
For comparison the Google one: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/nest-video-doorbells/