A woman has been left feeling ‘harassed’ by her neighbour, who watches her through his doorbell camera – and she’s even asked him to stop doing it, but he dismissed her
A woman has hit out at her ‘creepy’ neighbour for spying on her through his doorbell camera. She has noticed a blue light that indicates when he’s watching through a connected device, and she suspects he doesn’t know about this giveaway signal.
Despite confronting him through the doorbell, asking him to stop watching her, the neighbour has ignored her pleas. Sharing her ordeal on Mumsnet, she explained: “I’ve asked them to stop (via the doorbell when they were watching me) but they’re continuing to watch me.”
She added, “They’re definitely watching, rather than just the doorbell being triggered by motion, as the blue light comes on. They’re not very tech savvy so I don’t think they realise that a blue light is on.”
The troubled woman has documented evidence of the intrusive behaviour, saying, “I’ve got multiple photos of their doorbell with the blue light from the last few months. Including a video where I asked the doorbell to stop watching me that shows the blue and red lights going off after my request.”
Feeling harassed, especially since she and the neighbour had had previous disputes over a fence, she’s turned to the online community for advice on how to handle the situation.
In response to her story, one Mumsnet user said: “Is it illegal for someone to see or watch you going in and out of your house? They’re not stalking you as they are inside their own home surely? If it was someone watching you through their window it would be the same wouldn’t it? I think in your place I’d give a big grin and wave! “.
Another user chimed in: “I mean, if you’re outside of your/their house in the street, there’s not much you can do? I guess it’s like the modern equivalent of curtain twitching.”
A third person weighed in, saying: “There’s nothing you can do. That’s like someone sat by the window watching people all day. This time through a camera. They are allowed you know.”
Yet another said: “I think this is just the modern equivalent of looking out your window when something happens outside your house. I can probably make a bet that they do this with every motion, not just you.”
Meanwhile someone else chimed in: “I live beside a curtain twitcher, and I feel so uncomfortable whenever I get into my car/or get out of it. I can see her shadow moving behind the blinds. She pretends she doesn’t see me if we cross paths in public. It’s ridiculous. I feel your pain.”
