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Ah, good thing users can deny the request. American police are famous for their willingness to take no for an answer (insert world's biggest "/s").
by java_script 8y ago
Ah, good thing users can deny the request. American police are famous for their willingness to take no for an answer (insert world's biggest "/s").
- alphabettsy 8y agoAt a local business the police went in to request surveillance footage of an incident that took place off their property, but in view of the camera. This isn’t much different, except that the police now have a map of where Ring cameras might be located. The business owner could comply or the police get a subpoena.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoThis is very different, because a) the police no longer have to bother to ask as long as the camera's owner has opted in, therefore this can scale much more quickly, b) the police can offload "assessments" to some neural network, and c) as far as I'm aware, you may not be able to control or even be aware of which footage is viewed by the police. The police absolutely do not have a sufficient reason to know every person who has come over to my house in the past X weeks.
- lostsock 8y agoThat's just not true. The police can send a request to certain cameras recording at certain times with an explination of why they want that video. The owner then gets notified of the requet and can grant or deny it.
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- pavel_lishin 8y agoInteresting, you're right.
- neuralRiot 8y agoExcept they have access whenever they want no subpoena needed, no probable cause or suspicion. Obviously people had been desensitized to privacy and rights violation little by little that now they're willing to share their entire life without hesitation just to avoid somebody stealing their garden hose.