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If watching eight seasons of Dexterhas taught me anything, it's that the good people of Miami would have been a hell of a lot safer if they all had Dropcams installed in their homes, businesses, and dilapidated swampland cabins. The gruesome handiwork of local serial killers would have been captured by Dropcam's video-recording service, giving the detectives at Miami Metro a motherlode of crime-scene evidence, and making it difficult (or at least inconvenient) for Dexter Morgan to increase the body count on his own.
Seriously. Serial killers invade the city on a yearly basis, slipping in and out of victims' homes with impunity, and no one bothers to install a Dropcam? Maybe everyone was waiting for Dropcam Pro, which is easier to set up than the previous Dropcam HD model, and offers a greater level of detail in the video it captures.
image: mike homnickWith a wider 130-degree field of view, Dropcam Pro can capture sweeping views of the city.
Dropcam Pro might be the simplest connected home gadget you'll ever use. You plug it into a wall outlet, connect it to your Wi-Fi network, and then kick back and relax as it streams video to the cloud. You can watch the video on your phone or tablet via iOS and Android apps, or on your web browser via Dropcam.com, all in real time.
Some people install Dropcams to keep tabs on their latchkey kids. Other folks train their Dropcams on animals, hoping to catch a scene of unbearable cuteness. Some people use Dropcams as rudimentary security systems (hi, Dexter!), and some people just like pointing their cameras at a beautiful view.
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