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I analyzed ~3,000 camera alerts — ~87% didn’t matter

I was getting constant motion alerts from my camera and eventually just stopped checking them.

So I went back and analyzed a few thousand past events.

Rough breakdown:
• insects
• shadows
• rain
• lighting changes

~87% of them weren’t actually relevant.

It made me realize the problem isn’t detection — it’s relevance.

Cameras are really good at telling you
“something moved”

but not so good at telling you
“this actually matters”

Curious if others here had the same experience —
or found something that actually makes alerts reliable again?

on March 19, 2026