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People should be free to volunteer their own footage when they or their neighbors have been victims of a crime. Police should not be free to pull footage witho

People should be free to volunteer their own footage when they or their neighbors have been victims of a crime. Police should not be free to pull footage without asking or telling the owner of the camera.

gibsonf1 5y ago
That's actually how it works, the police only get info forwarded to them from ring users. The police have no access unless the video is forwarded to them from a ring user.
PragmaticPulp 5y ago
> People should be free to volunteer their own footage when they or their neighbors have been victims of a crime. Yes, that’s how it works: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/ring-changed-how-police-request-door-camera-footage-what-it-means-and-doesnt-mean https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/ring-changed-how-polic... > Police should not be free to pull footage without asking or telling the owner of the camera. They are not free to do that.
- noident 5y ago
  It's a false choice. If you say no, and the police really want it, they can subpoena Amazon and compel them to turn over "your" footage. You would never even learn that it happened. You shouldn't trust a 3rd party with your personal privacy. Please don't draft all of your neighbors into the digital dragnet.
  - oh_sigh 5y ago
    The police can subpoena "your" footage even if it is in a bunker in your basement. Are you positive ring wouldn't tell you that your footage was subpoenaed?
    - mijowi 5y ago
      Maybe, but you could contest the subpoena, and you would certainly know if the police busted into your bunker.
- 1shooner 5y ago
  >They are not free to do that. Wouldn't they subpoena Amazon directly, who by virtue of this partnership is likely to oblige? The owner of the camera would have no agency in that transaction.