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A comment on Police in Mississippi to Pilot a Program to Live-Stream Amazon Ring Cameras. Parent comment

Re:Police in Mississippi to Pilot a Program to Live-Stream A... by sellyme on Sunday November 22, 2020 @11:23PM (#25183567)
> You could replace ring camera with mobile phone

Okay, let's do that:

> [paraphrasing] We've published an app that will live-stream your phone's camera to the police, you should use it.

...yeah, that actually seems worse to me.

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Re:Police in Mississippi to Pilot a Program to Live-Stream A... by throwaway69123 on Sunday November 22, 2020 @11:25PM (#25183575)
Some police departments already support video calls, no one cared.
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Re:Police in Mississippi to Pilot a Program to Live-Stream A... by Reelin on Monday November 23, 2020 @01:08AM (#25184025)
24/7 live stream != video call
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Re:Police in Mississippi to Pilot a Program to Live-Stream A... by throwaway69123 on Monday November 23, 2020 @02:24AM (#25184323)
Its not a 24/7 live stream you didnt read the article

> Lumumba said the city would only be able to access the devices when crimes occur in those areas.

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Re:Police in Mississippi to Pilot a Program to Live-Stream A... by boomboomsubban on Monday November 23, 2020 @02:36AM (#25184390)
It's still an available 24/7 live stream even if they aren't accessing it constantly.

Further, they haven't provided any details on how they will effectively control access, the area a crime would allow access to, how long the cameras could be accessed, or how they would handle false reports. Saying they won't abuse it isn't enough.

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