Privacy
Share a Ring video with police and your address goes with it
Ring's own help page says sharing a clip sends your home address and account email to the investigator. Voluntary, disclosed, and rarely mentioned.
Reference
Maintained tables and original research — what companies charge, permit and store, read from their own documents.
Costs
Wyze Cam Unlimited has an annual price. Wyze published two of them.
Cam Unlimited is $99.99 a year against $119.88 paid monthly. Wyze's own plans page quotes $99 instead, and never uses the word annual.
Costs
Wyze Cam Plus annual is up 50%, and the plan page didn't show it
Cam Plus annual went from $19.99 to $29.99 in March 2026. The bigger change is the discount against paying monthly, which fell from 44% to 16%.
Costs
Nest Aware and Ring Home no longer exist
Both brands renamed their subscription this year, so most of what you will read about them is out of date. What the plans cost now.
Guides
How to stop package theft in an apartment
Most advice assumes you own the porch. In a flat you control almost nothing at the door — so the leverage is earlier, before it arrives.
Renting
Can a renter install a security camera? What your lease actually says
Usually yes — but four documents decide it, and your lease is only one. What to check before you fix anything to a wall you don't own.
Reference
Which security cameras actually work without a subscription
"Works without a subscription" means three different things, and only one leaves you with footage. Checked against each maker’s own pricing.