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Amazon’s Ring Is Putting Suspected Petty Thieves in Its Advertisements

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#131
Somehow this reminds me of the "Running Man" movie. There was a comercial playing that said something like: "Citizen, denounce your neighbor, and get some extra dollars"...

There should have been more positive visions of the future. These idiot companies took the shit from the 80s as script it seems.

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#132

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The problem is its not so easy to share spectrum. In reality you can only have a single transmitter/receiver on a given frequency band in a given area.

The problem is its not so easy to share spectrum. In reality you can only have a single transmitter/receiver on a given frequency band in a given area In reality that hasn't been true for decades, beginning with the initial work on spread-spectrum communications in the WWII timeframe. But the regulatory system has yet to catch up fully with the technology's potential.

Using DSSS as a crutch in lieu of careful frequency planning is really short-sighted.

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#133
post #68

In the video, the woman’s face is clearly visible and there is no obvious criminal activity taking place. The Facebook post shows her passing between two cars. She pulls the door handle of one of the cars, but it is locked. Yeah that's pretty clearly attempting to steal vehicles / contents of vehicles, that's 100% what that looks like.

As far as I know, it has never been a requirement that when the police would like the public to help find a person accused of crime X, the photo they give to help the public recognize the person must be a photo of the person actually committing crime X.

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post #75
post #68

In the video, the woman’s face is clearly visible and there is no obvious criminal activity taking place. The Facebook post shows her passing between two cars. She pulls the door handle of one of the cars, but it is locked. Yeah that's pretty clearly attempting to steal vehicles / contents of vehicles, that's 100% what that looks like.

For a few years my only vehicle was an old, beat up Volvo station wagon. The door locks were damaged and would only lock ~50% of the time. Since I parked the car on the street I would always check to ensure that the doors were locked by pulling on a door handle. One time I did this as a car passed by and a number of people started yelling out of the car at me accusing me of breaking into my own car and even threateni…

Well the Ring ad on facebook says "this woman was caught on camera breaking into a vehicle". So I don't think it could be a false report of attempted robbery, unless Ring is lying.

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#135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is its not so easy to share spectrum. In reality you can only have a single transmitter/receiver on a given frequency band in a given area.

The problem is its not so easy to share spectrum. In reality you can only have a single transmitter/receiver on a given frequency band in a given area In reality that hasn't been true for decades, beginning with the initial work on spread-spectrum communications in the WWII timeframe. But the regulatory system has yet to catch up fully with the technology's potential.

Spread spectrum still has limitations. The more codes you add just brings up the noise floor for everyone else.

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#136

If only there were a way for her to not be put in this situation in the first place.

Which woman?

The one on the picture might have, but what about anyone who to overzealous neighbours looks like the person on a rather crappy picture?

What should they do to avoid being accosted on the street, or worse?

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#137
post #5

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The police department stated that she was a suspect; Amazon identified her as a thief, breaking the presumption of innocence that is a bedrock of American society. If the video is fine, the post wording still isn't.

> Amazon identified her as a thief, breaking the presumption of innocence that is a bedrock of American society. I totally agree with that principle, but I think they presumption of innocence ship sailed a long time with modern social media and news cycles.

Even if that would be the case, allowing private companies to so blatantly capitalize on fear, all the while mocking that so very hard won presumption, is simply an amazingly terrible idea.

Not only because under the pressure of competition some company in this sector will attempt to manufacture fear by any means available. If by misdirection, or by direct action of some sort, but we'll all be so much worse for it.

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#138

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US really need to deregulate (btw I find this word an oxymoron, but english is not my first language) their ISP's and most countries really need to deregulate their wireless providers. Imagine single shared spectrum easy to setup eSIM, easy to terminate contracts. Unfortunately most countries want your ID nowadays when you sign up for internet...

in case your curious, "deregulate" is not really an oxymoron. the "de-" prefix usually means something like "remove" or "undo". it just means to remove or relax some existing rules. don't feel bad though, English vocab can be tricky for native speakers too. for example, "in-" usually means "not", like "indestructible" means "can't be destroyed", but "inflammable" and "flammable" mean the same thing...

But in this case it actually sounds like more regulation, rather than less.

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#139
post #122

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Most states do have no trespassing signs on the rights of ways though. Try walking around the nation and see how much police interaction you get :)

> Most states do have no trespassing signs on the rights of ways though. No, no they don't. Private property does; and controlled-access highways do; but definitely not ordinary public highways.

The Illinois State Police can confirm that on August 11, 2018, Mr. David Weaver was arrested by the ISP and cited for the following offenses at the scene of a multi vehicle personal injury crash that resulted in multi vehicle fires: Criminal Trespass to Real Property, Failure to Yield to Emergency Vehicles, Stopping Parking or Standing on Roadway, and Walking Improperly on the roadway. This case remains open and ongoing in the court system, therefore we have no further comment at this time. The Illinois State Police's primary goal at the scene of a critical incident, and at all times, is the safety and well-being of all members of the public.

https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/illinois-state-...

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#140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is its not so easy to share spectrum. In reality you can only have a single transmitter/receiver on a given frequency band in a given area In reality that hasn't been true for decades, beginning with the initial work on spread-spectrum communications in the WWII timeframe. But the regulatory system has yet to catch up fully with the technology's potential.

Spread spectrum still has limitations. The more codes you add just brings up the noise floor for everyone else.

What is this "noise floor" you speak of?

https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/49yuwx/til_gp...

The whole idea behind SS and UWB techniques is that the noise floor is under your control, rather than Boltzmann's.

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