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Cameras should not make anyone feel safe. Cameras do not, by and large, deter criminals; criminals are most often people who don’t think things through or weig
by teddyh 4y ago
Cameras should not make anyone feel safe. Cameras do not, by and large, deter criminals; criminals are most often people who don’t think things through or weigh any risks. Cameras could be used to investigate and catch criminals after the crime has happened, but by then it’s both too late to prevent anything, and also police mostly don’t look at footage, or even ask to get it.
Cameras are wanted by police to solve high-profile crimes, and, I’m assuming, by secretive agencies to do whatever mysterious deeds they do. But cameras mostly are no help whatsoever to anyone having them, or to the public at large.
- autoexec 4y ago> police mostly don’t look at footage, or even ask to get it. unless you have a ring camera, in which case police might not bother going after criminals but they are still very interested in your footage and can take it without even asking. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/07/ring-reveals-they-give-videos-police-without-user-consent-or-warrant https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/07/ring-reveals-they-give...
- teddyh 4y agoI’d guess that this is exactly because the police don’t have to ask for the footage. I imagine that the police like to virtually skulk around like this whenever they can: It’s risk-free, and it feels productive, and if something happens they can just choose to ignore it if they feel like it, since nobody can see them ignore it.
- brokenmachine 4y agoA camera certainly helped me when someone sideswiped my car, then drove off and after being chased down claimed the big scratch along the side of their car was, "already there". But I agree in general with what you wrote.