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Re:Police Will Pilot a Program to Live-Stream Amazon Ring Ca... by bradknowles on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @11:06PM (#24995581)
And now you know why I don’t use any Amazon products in this space.
Re:Police Will Pilot a Program to Live-Stream Amazon Ring Ca... by Accujack on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @05:56PM (#24993932)
Nice.

They can't get away with spending taxpayer money on cameras everywhere that will provide them the ability to watch everyone and everything.

But it's ok if it's just a friendly company sharing its customers' video feeds.

Despite the fact that the US has no laws governing camera surveillance and what the data can be used for, who it can be shared with or sold to, and there exists no right to be forgotten or even informed you've been recorded this way.

Re:Police Will Pilot a Program to Live-Stream Amazon Ring Ca... by someonehere on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @10:29PM (#24995399)
I could be wrong but I’m certain in California you can only film people on public property. You can’t film public to private if I remember correctly.

Mississippi may have different filming/photographing laws on the books. I almost feel like this wouldn’t be allowed in California.

Re:Police Will Pilot a Program to Live-Stream Amazon Ring Ca... by lakeWater on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @11:21PM (#24995637)
This allows Ring owners to opt-in to allowing a live feed to police. I’m pretty sure that works around that sort of issue.
Re:Police Will Pilot a Program to Live-Stream Amazon Ring Ca... by zenexer on Thursday November 05, 2020 @11:02AM (#24999338)
I would think it wouldn’t work if other people’s private property is in view, though, no? In a typical suburban area, it would be difficult to position a camera in such a way that it’s not also recording your neighbor’s property.
Re:Police Will Pilot a Program to Live-Stream Amazon Ring Ca... by schwartzworld on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @04:13PM (#24993118)