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> Is there evidence that the police are mass surveilling people using Amazon/Ring without investigating a specific crime and/or a specific person? Please show m
by itishappy 3y ago
> Is there evidence that the police are mass surveilling people using Amazon/Ring without investigating a specific crime and/or a specific person? Please show me. If that's actually the case and not just speculation, I'm not for it.
Oh, this is entirely speculation. I doubt it's happened, but I don't think there's anything in place to stop it, and I'm unwilling to believe in the infinite goodwill of Amazon and the police.
This is mostly a personal thing. I don't even think Amazon and the police are doing anything particularly wrong (if it's documented), I'm just not comfortable putting a surveillance device on my home. Unfortunately for me, a lot of people are...
- Clubber 3y ago> I'm unwilling to believe in the infinite goodwill of Amazon and the police. Really the only thing to deter it would be the fruit of the poisonous tree metaphor. A bad cop probably wouldn't know what that is, but the prosecutor would. Fortunately it would come out in court and be public record. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree