A Ring doorbell camera on Ali Chahine's home in Livonia, Michigan, captured footage of a man rummaging through the back of his pickup truck. Within hours after he shared the video with police, a suspect was arrested.
Watching the video on his phone, Chahine could see a man rummaging through the back of his pickup truck and examining his toolbox. He left without taking anything, but Chachine suspects the man knew he was being watched. The Livonia Police Department heralded the arrest as "another example of the successful partnership" between the force, the community and Amazon's household surveillance arm, Ring.
Taig said the Ring deal has "accelerated how quickly we're able to identify suspects," and has directly led to arrests, including that of Couch. A Ring spokesperson said in a statement to CBC News, "The Neighbors app is currently only available in the U.S."The police partnerships position a branch of a Silicon Valley giant as an intermediary between local authorities and citizens, letting its proprietary software act as a point of contact — leading to concerns about the way police data is handled once it's in the hands of Ring.
"The whole system of frictionless video sharing with the police undermines most of the privacy rights that we've built over time," said Bonnie Stewart, a University of Windsor education professor who studies technology's implications for everyday life. She compared it to "building a surveillance infrastructure that looks back at us."on the topic. Stewart said more than 70 people attended.
News Ring has many valid privacy & legal concerns & there’s evidence it’s ineffective to fight crime.
News The police won’t go after people that steal smart phones when you know exactly where your phone is located via Find My Phone apps, etc, but they’ll search for people that rummage through your vehicle?
News Surveillance state is here. And we buy the cameras!
News Did they not watch last nights programme.... What Amazon knows about you. The world of Big Brother is being financed by Amazon, and the Government and Police are buying into it.
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News Yeah, no thanks.