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Are there a lot of people who have the time and flexibility of schedules to go chasing down 911 calls in their neighborhood? I'm not heartless, I certainly ope

by jamesfe 10y ago

Are there a lot of people who have the time and flexibility of schedules to go chasing down 911 calls in their neighborhood? I'm not heartless, I certainly open the front door and take a gander if I hear my dog barking or a loud noise out front, but beyond that, I'm not sure I'd just leave my family in the house with no plan other than to videotape what could be a violent criminal in the heat of the moment. Also, what relationship does this company have with a user once that user gets shot in the chest for running around and videotaping an armed robbery with their flashlight beaconing their position and activity to the criminal? What about when someone calls in a sexual assault - are there protections for their privacy?

EdHominem 10y ago
> What about when someone calls in a sexual assault - are there protections for their privacy? How do you think the company gets the 911 calls? You should focus your privacy concerns upstream. > I'm not sure I'd just leave my family in the house with no plan other than to videotape what could be a violent criminal in the heat of the moment. Right, but so what? Someone else might, or might be able to from their window. And if not, you weren't going to anyways. > Also, what relationship does this company have with a user once that user gets shot in the chest What relationship does Google have to a movie-viewer who doesn't like the movies playing in the cinema that they asked Maps to direct them to? > for running around and videotaping an armed robbery with their flashlight beaconing their position and activity to the criminal? You can choose to move away from the alerts, you know... The app doesn't compel you, it only informs you. I can see many non-violent but interventionary tactics people could use. A pastor could use it, and respond to the 'Children harassing an old man' call the website uses as an example. Not immediately, as if they could stop any ongoing violence, but later to try to find the perpetrators and reach out to them.

by jamesfe 10y ago

EdHominem 10y ago

> What about when someone calls in a sexual assault - are there protections for their privacy? How do you think the company gets the 911 calls? You should focus your privacy concerns upstream. > I'm not sure I'd just leave my family in the house with no plan other than to videotape what could be a violent criminal in the heat of the moment. Right, but so what? Someone else might, or might be able to from their window. And if not, you weren't going to anyways. > Also, what relationship does this company have with a user once that user gets shot in the chest What relationship does Google have to a movie-viewer who doesn't like the movies playing in the cinema that they asked Maps to direct them to? > for running around and videotaping an armed robbery with their flashlight beaconing their position and activity to the criminal? You can choose to move away from the alerts, you know... The app doesn't compel you, it only informs you. I can see many non-violent but interventionary tactics people could use. A pastor could use it, and respond to the 'Children harassing an old man' call the website uses as an example. Not immediately, as if they could stop any ongoing violence, but later to try to find the perpetrators and reach out to them.