I am renting a house with someone else. We both in the beginning agreed to having cameras outside. The other party has

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Are you guys both on the lease?

Okay and the other person just randomly decided they want cameras?

Unfortunately, EITHER of  you can choose to put up cameras ... but ALSO either of you can decide to take them down.

In other words, if she decides to put up those cameras, you'd be free to take them down when you come home.

Obviously that's not a great way to live AT ALL ... so you may want to consider speaking with the landlord if you want to try to break your lease.

You could also speak to the landlord about having her evicted - since she moved him in without EITHER your consent OR the landlord's consent.

Yes, but what happens is she can just plug them back in so obviously that doesn't make for a great living situation.

But she can't just move someone in without the consent of the landlord (and without your consent).

At that point you'd want to have a discussion with the landlord and decide if you want to file for a restraining order. Sometimes, when it's a safety issue, the landlord will let you out of the lease - but in MOST cases they won't consider doing that unless there's a restraining order in place.