> The collaboration of the LAPD with Amazon’s Ring network and its Neighbors platform (designed for community members to share information about alleged crimes) inundates officers with information, much of which does not pertain to actual crimes, and it brings up issues about consumer privacy and the over-collection of data. The efficacy of this data in improving policing outcomes remains unclear.
Re:Amazon's 'neighborhood watch' turns police officers into ...
by tinus_hn on Sunday October 22, 2023 @11:45AM
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In other words, first there was the phase when this was paranoid dystopian tin-foil hat conspiracy theory, and now we have reached the phase where it’s the reality we live in.
Summary:
> The collaboration of the LAPD with Amazon’s Ring network and its Neighbors platform (designed for community members to share information about alleged crimes) inundates officers with information, much of which does not pertain to actual crimes, and it brings up issues about consumer privacy and the over-collection of data. The efficacy of this data in improving policing outcomes remains unclear.