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When a couple of large guys with badges and guns are at your door asking for video, it would take a very self-confident person to say "no." There's certainly ad
by throwawayboise 6y ago
When a couple of large guys with badges and guns are at your door asking for video, it would take a very self-confident person to say "no." There's certainly adequate plausible deniability of coercion, but it would be a very different feeling than if, for example, a reporter were asking, or an insurance company investigator, etc.
- ketzo 6y agoOr even just the police on the phone vs. the police at your door.
- fitblipper 6y agoAny time someone identifies as a cop, people will do what you tell them to. Here is just one extreme example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_phone_call_scam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_phone_call_scam People will do stuff without thinking because someone with authority asked them to.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoFrom what I can gather looking at the emails shared in another thread, Ring was the go-between for the police and explicitly stated that sharing was optional. It also gives the detective's name and an incident number. I'm really not sure how the process could be made less intimidating or more transparent than that.