Snooping neighbor uses her Ring camera to spy on next-door tenants' comings and goings: ‘Total privacy violation’

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Dec 9, 2025 6:00 PM EST

It's challenging to find ample privacy when you live in an apartment, especially if that apartment is situated in a much larger complex with more than 20 units. You kind of have to suspend belief when you're thinking about how much all of the neighbors you share a wall with can hear you, and if their doorbell cameras are picking up on the once-in-a-blue house guest. Either way, you are never prepared enough for a nosy neighbor who takes it upon themselves to police your comings and goings.

The neighbor in the next story is using her Ring doorbell camera to spy on the tenants who live next door. One of the tenants, who shares the story, explains that the woman goes above and beyond to make their lives exceptionally difficult. Sometimes, loneliness turns into resentment and obsession, which is what this neighbor is displaying tenfold. The neighbor even goes so far as to tell them to stop covering their faces when they pass by her doorbell camera, which they started doing after they caught on to her snooping. What would you do in this situation? Scroll to read the full story.

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    senior woman sitting in a bedroom and looking out the window
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    "Neighbor is watching us on her Ring camera"

    Hi everyone! Quick story/vent. My roommate's and my neighbor has two Ring cameras. She's
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    in a first floor apartment right by the building door, so we absolutely have to walk by her door and her cameras.
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    We thought it was a good idea when they first went up, so we could ask for any footage if (God forbid) anything
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    were to happen, but she's been using them to track other tenants' comings and goings. This morning it came to a head.
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    My roommate and I went out last night and came home; no issue, normal Saturday night. This
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    morning, we left the building to go get some coffee and when we came back, she yelled at us through the door
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    that we came home late and my roommate covered up her face when we walked by. We
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    looked at each other and I said "Excuse me?" to her clearly seething through the door. She continued
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    door. She continued to yell at us and say that we covered our faces (obviously not well enough if she
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    could tell who it was!). My roommate doesn't even remember doing that, so I'm not
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    totally convinced she's not just making something up.
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    home security camera
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    She also yelled at my roommate for having a dog, as it's allowed by our lease and property
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    management company. She has yelled at me and other tenants for "slamming" the
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    garbage bin door (read: closing it, her window is right above the garbage area). She's lonely
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    and bored and definitely needs a hobby to keep her off the Ring app.
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    Total privacy violation IMO, but the lease language doesn't have anything regarding cameras. So
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    annoyed and feeling like she's trying to make people uncomfortable in their own living space.
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    TurnoverFuzzy8264 Come in late one night with realistic vampire or werewolf makeup on, especially if you get the contacts.
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    No-Staff2396 The best revenge is to ignore her. Completely. Don't play her games. She craves affirmation. Give her none.
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    sgtmilburn Find a really convincing alien costume and walk by her door at 3am. Do it once every few weeks.
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