I’m surprised that people have not started tearing down the flock cameras, particularly in blue cities. These companies are only as good as the data they receive remove the data source and you remove a lot of the intelligence.

Anonymous wrote:We have cameras in our school parking lots and in all hallways. Do what you're supposed to do and arrive/leave work on time. Don't commit crimes. No problem.

This is hilarious and really rich coming from the Republican side.

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+1 Do what you're supposed to do, obey rules and laws, don't commit crimes. Our camera "catches" us in scruffy clothes walking our lab, checking the mail, picking up deliveries, leaving and returning home from work. Feel free to check our Ring info.[/quote]

The current flaw is the lack of competence and capability to do anything with all these cameras. For the overwhelming majority of crime in DC it seems 90% of the time all MPD has some super vague and unhelpful description like "B/M, between 20 and 40, wearing dark clothes" which could match 10,000+ people in the city, and no pictures or video - if they have any pictures or video it's super low res and too poor of a quality to identify anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a "safer" alternative to Ring, where you can decide what happens to the footage?

our Blink cameras record to a flash drive in our house, not the cloud. We view the video from the flash drive through the app. I’m guessing that is safer than storing video on the cloud.

The app isn’t safe.

Anonymous wrote:Is there a "safer" alternative to Ring, where you can decide what happens to the footage?

our Blink cameras record to a flash drive in our house, not the cloud. We view the video from the flash drive through the app. I’m guessing that is safer than storing video on the cloud.

Anonymous wrote:There is no reasonable explanation of privacy once you step outside your home.

Expectation

There is no reasonable explanation of privacy once you step outside your home.

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Anonymous wrote:We have cameras in our school parking lots and in all hallways. Do what you're supposed to do and arrive/leave work on time. Don't commit crimes. No problem.

Are you this thick? 1A rights are immutable. Nothing else in this country is worth fighting for without it. A half-assed 1A that's able to be bended at random sociooath's will is worse than none at all.

Then don't work in a school setting or send your kids to a public school.

It goes back to the Patriot Act, people. It was a sneaky way to take away our constitutional rights. For this reason, I wouldn't be surprised to learn certain factions in the U.S. government were happy to advocate for the Patriot Act.

We are living in a post-Democratic nation, only we're like the frog that gets boiled slowly and doesn't realize what is happening.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the may negative aspects of this administration which will haunt us for years is the role it is playing in encouraging the spread of mass surveillance. I thought Americans used to be so protective of their privacy. What happened?!

It died with cell phones that track your whereabouts, and facial recognition.

News Flash: Mass surveillance started way before Trump’s first administration. What do you think your smart tv is doing?

It’s what they are doing with it. It might have been inevitable, but now it’s finally weaponized against Americans.

Is there a "safer" alternative to Ring, where you can decide what happens to the footage?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the may negative aspects of this administration which will haunt us for years is the role it is playing in encouraging the spread of mass surveillance. I thought Americans used to be so protective of their privacy. What happened?!

It died with cell phones that track your whereabouts, and facial recognition.

News Flash: Mass surveillance started way before Trump’s first administration. What do you think your smart tv is doing?

Anonymous wrote:We have cameras in our school parking lots and in all hallways. Do what you're supposed to do and arrive/leave work on time. Don't commit crimes. No problem.

Are you this thick? 1A rights are immutable. Nothing else in this country is worth fighting for without it. A half-assed 1A that's able to be bended at random sociooath's will is worse than none at all.

We have cameras in our school parking lots and in all hallways. Do what you're supposed to do and arrive/leave work on time. Don't commit crimes. No problem.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the may negative aspects of this administration which will haunt us for years is the role it is playing in encouraging the spread of mass surveillance. I thought Americans used to be so protective of their privacy. What happened?![/quote]

I don't think any American has any expectation of privacy out in public. When I walk my dog on a two mile loop in my neighborhood, I'm sure I trigger 40 or so ring cameras. When I drive four miles to work, I go through about 12 intersections with traffic cameras. If I stop at Dunkin, there are a couple more cameras. I pass 7 cameras to get from my parking garage to my office. And most of those are inside the building.

Cameras all through the schools, the grocery stores, the retail parking lots. Privately owned license plate readers. And more. [/quote]

+1 Do what you're supposed to do, obey rules and laws, don't commit crimes. Our camera "catches" us in scruffy clothes walking our lab, checking the mail, picking up deliveries, leaving and returning home from work. Feel free to check our Ring info.[/quote]The only people who should worry about surveillance are people with something to hide.