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Re:Leaked emails show crime app Citizen is testing on-demand... by xeromal on Friday May 21, 2021 @03:54PM (#27239104)
Security is absolutely necessary in down towns. In LA, it is out of control. You can't even go inside a 711 without being harassed until they hired guards.
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Re:Leaked emails show crime app Citizen is testing on-demand... by adjkant on Saturday May 22, 2021 @12:48AM (#27243592)
Not my experience at all in the downtowns of NYC, Boston, Seattle, and SF. DTLA is a very unique downtown due to many factors specific to LA (mainly car culture taking away practical significance from the city center + the housing sprawl) and that doesn't generalize to most actual cities.
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Re:Leaked emails show crime app Citizen is testing on-demand... by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:30AM (#27247457)
> Security is absolutely necessary in down towns. In LA, it is out of control. You can't even go inside a 711 without being harassed until they hired guards.

At which point the need was filled. No dystopic community mercenary forces were necessary.

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Re:Leaked emails show crime app Citizen is testing on-demand... by xeromal on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:33AM (#27247491)
I think the idea of the citizen security force is for communities that don't have the money to afford security guards like the large buildings that can.
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Re:Leaked emails show crime app Citizen is testing on-demand... by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:43AM (#27247584)
Currently, Citizen offers a subscription product called 'Protect', which costs $19.99 per month. Protect sends a user's location to a Citizen employee when it's turned on, can stream video to a 'Protect agent' when activated using a safeword, and is pitched to users as a 'digital bodyguard'. Protect also advertises 'Instant emergency response to your exact location'

This seems like the idea is to supply a rent-a-thug to individuals, on-demand.

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Re:Leaked emails show crime app Citizen is testing on-demand... by xeromal on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:45AM (#27247595)
Exactly, before Citizen I don't think anyone could pay 19.99 a month to have a thug come watch them.
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Re:Leaked emails show crime app Citizen is testing on-demand... by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:55AM (#27247695)
> before Citizen I don't think anyone could pay 19.99 a month to have a thug come watch them.

Really? How much is a case of beer now?

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Re:Leaked emails show crime app Citizen is testing on-demand... by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:56AM (#27247715)
recap:

[you] I think this is for communities

[me] nope. not communities

[you] exactly

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