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Stories on community safety, digital preservation, and the tech behind the tool.
Archiving
Feb 11, 2026
The Race Against the Overwrite: Beating the Rolling Buffer
A ticking clock and a rolling buffer: we were hours away from losing the only evidence of a neighbor's break-in. At 100 feet away, the distance was too great for motion sensors to trigger. See how continuous local recording captured the incident when event-based systems saw nothing.
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Security
Jan 30, 2026
The 60-Day Trap: Reclaiming Our Neighborhood Security
Why 60-day cloud storage isn't enough for community safety. Learn how continuous recording and local archiving revealed a year-long criminal pattern in Youngstown.
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Founder's Note
Jan 23, 2026
Why I Built This: A Note from the Founder
Living in the inner city, we saw a need for digital preservation that goes beyond entertainment. Here is how a security alert in Youngstown led to YouDownloadMeow!.
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