Amazon's Home Surveillance Chief Declared War on “Dirtbag Criminals”
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#2I get the privacy implications, but this article adds unnecessary fearmongering with sensationalist racism (apparently author is unfamiliar with non-white neighborhoods b/c just as whites, non whites will also report suspicious activity).
From what I’ve witnessed, these services have indeed aided residents to cooperate against “dirtbag” criminals as well as supply imagery to police as evidence and has led to arrests and convictions (in my neighborhood, at least). It gives all types of residents some comfort that the perps will get caught rather than the police saying “sorry, we don’t have evidence, and don’t have time to follow up on non violent crime”.
Residents are going to deploy this. That’s a given. At this time owners control access. If there comes a time when one loses control over this content unilaterally, then it will be a problem.
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#3So let me get this straight. Amazon, is allowing and partnering with law enforcement for this "Ring" product, so they can fight crime in neighborhood? (sounds innocuous right?)
.....But in reality, they can tie in their AI facial recognition back end (that they have rightly been criticized for partnering with police), to use with their Ring product. Thus creating a surveillance system so sophisticated that even the Chinese would be envious of.
(toilet flushing noise!!!)
Re: Amazon's Home Surveillance Chief Declared War on “Dirtbag Criminals”
#4I get the privacy implications, but this article adds unnecessary fearmongering with sensationalist racism (apparently author is unfamiliar with non-white neighborhoods b/c just as whites, non whites will also report suspicious activity). From what I’ve witnessed, these services have indeed aided residents to cooperate against “dirtbag” criminals as well as supply imagery to police as evidence and has led to arrests…
This is honestly one of the issues I have with journalism today. As a non-white person I do not need a white savior. I just want to be treated equally, I do not need to be coddled or "protected". I have thick skin; I am not a child. Sorry for the rant mc32. Services like this have helped to curb delivery thefts, scam visits, etc near me. And I agree with you if the resident is stripped of their control I can see it becoming a huge problem.
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#5You have to ask yourself, why is a retail company (which started as an online bookstore) in the least bit interested in the police business?
This is a disturbing trend. It seems that, as tech companies get larger, they are giving themselves over to the surveillance state with ever more enthusiasm.
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#6You have to ask yourself, why is a retail company (which started as an online bookstore) in the least bit interested in the police business? This is a disturbing trend. It seems that, as tech companies get larger, they are giving themselves over to the surveillance state with ever more enthusiasm.
I would think it's to improve reliability of their deliveries. I see why you would be concerned, but retail stores have had security guards for my whole lifetime...
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#7You have to ask yourself, why is a retail company (which started as an online bookstore) in the least bit interested in the police business? This is a disturbing trend. It seems that, as tech companies get larger, they are giving themselves over to the surveillance state with ever more enthusiasm.
I would think it's to improve reliability of their deliveries. I see why you would be concerned, but retail stores have had security guards for my whole lifetime...
Yep. Both Fed-Ex and Amazon have an interest in preventing theft as well as fraud (false claims of non-delivery), and they see a business opportunity in addition to shrinkage minimization with the perk of customer psychological comfort to boot.
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#8You have to ask yourself, why is a retail company (which started as an online bookstore) in the least bit interested in the police business? This is a disturbing trend. It seems that, as tech companies get larger, they are giving themselves over to the surveillance state with ever more enthusiasm.
Some of the most sophisticated crime labs in the US are owned by large retail entities. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/csi-w...
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#9As long as people don't point their cameras at public spaces, i.e. the streets, I don't see a problem with this. I wouldn't personally trust a company to handle my video feed, but that's just me.
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#10Not sure I get the part about filming "public spaces". Wasn't this always legal? Isn't that part of what "public" means?