What the AI watchdog sees

The camera watchdog is what lets Stealward tell you “someone is reaching toward your bag” instead of just “motion.” It watches your belongings, not just movement.

How it works

While a session is active, the watching device takes a still photo of the scene every couple of seconds. Each frame is analyzed by an AI provider to check whether your belongings are safe — for example, whether a person is reaching toward them or whether something has been moved. When it sees a possible threat, Stealward turns that into a plain-language alert on your other device.

What happens to those photos

The monitoring photos are analyzed only during the active session, for the sole purpose of watching your belongings. When the session ends, every monitoring photo is encrypted so that afterward only your own devices can open it. We do not use these photos for advertising or profiling, and we do not sell them.

Your recorded video and audio stay end-to-end encrypted throughout — the watchdog’s still-frame analysis does not change that. Only your own devices can play back a recording.

What it can’t do

The watchdog reads what the camera can see. It doesn’t detect a hand covering the lens or the room lights being cut — those aren’t things it watches for. Its job is to understand the scene in front of it and flag threats to your belongings while you’re away.