Door peephole with camera and motion sensor: 100% safe. Is it legal to install a video peephole
How to protect your apartment from uninvited guests? Relatively recently, a new device has appeared - a video door peephole with a motion sensor and a recording.
For little money, you can protect yourself and your loved ones. There are many modifications of the device, which allows you to choose exactly the one that suits you.
The device consists of:
- camcorders,
- lens,
- recording device,
- infrared illumination,
- motion detector,
- monitor.
It looks like an ordinary door peephole. The guest, who comes to the door, enters the field of view and the motion sensor is activated, and then the camera.
The owner of the apartment sees on the screen who is behind the door. The guest does not realize from the outside that he is being watched.
The recording takes place on a memory card. The device records and photographs the visitor. There are compact devices that are integrated with the monitor.
Plus, it's very simple and quick to install everything (anyone can handle it). No drilling required. The video peephole is inserted into the hole where the old door peephole was. If the hole is slightly smaller, it will need to be drilled and made to the desired diameter. In any case, the kit always contains detailed instructions on how to install the video peephole.
There are wired and wireless appliances. It is wireless devices that are popular (minus - high price).
All signals are transmitted over a radio channel (433 MHz). With such a device, you can not go to the door, but talk with a visitor in another room. A monitor can look like a tablet and can be taken with you to any room.
The video peephole can become a full-fledged security device if you buy it with additional options:
- Taking photographs of guests and keeping records,
- Night mode, where infrared light turns on,
- Transfer of SMS messages to the owner's smartphone,
- The work of the video eye as an answering machine.
Is it legal to install a video door peephole?
First, it must be said that this device looks like an ordinary peephole. No one will notice the difference. You can even put the camera on the windowsill and shoot the street and all the people passing by.
Under the law, such a device is not subject to restrictions on the use of covert surveillance. I even heard somewhere that a space of 1 meter around the door is considered property.
The video peephole is not disguised as a household item and does not have a remote camera. Therefore, the installation of such a device is legal and does not apply to special equipment. technical means.
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