@onefootflippers wrote:
Ring doorbell isn't really going to stop the porch theft. It just means you MIGHT get a video of someone (probably in a hoodie) taking your package. The package will still be gone. You are never getting that package back.
Agree with all of that...
We (and several other family members) all have Ring doorbells on our houses, and they function fine, but as noted as far as security goes, the best you're likely to see is a sharp video of someone in a hoodie walking off with your package.
The doorbell camera can make use of your internet connection to transmit video to your smartphone, and has its own speaker for two-way conversation with whoever is at your front door, regardless of whether you're at home or somewhere else. Its neighborhood functions can let you share alerts and video snippets with other Ring owners in your vicinity, so there is some heads-up functionality there if someone nefarious is operating in your area (although most of our neighbors use it for coyote alerts, which gets a little tiresome after a while).
Our Ring model can use its downward vision capability to send us a specific alert that a package has been delivered, and if I'm elsewhere I can text someone to go and retrieve it, so there's that, but in general it's up to you to provide a secure delivery spot. Your typical bad guy probably knows what a Ring doorbell looks like already, and simply dresses appropriately so you can see him but you can't recognize him.
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