Originally published at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/09/fueling-calls-ban-even-security-industry-group-thinks-police-partnerships-amazon
From the article:
“But mayors and city officials have the power to stop police from entering into these partnerships…”
And nobody is being forced to buy anything Amazon—yet.
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Why are fools buying these devices? I am truly baffled by this.
I have an idea, how about a law that places these devices in every room of police departments, with content streamed online for all to hear. Think the police would jump on that?
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“If you haven’t done anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.”
–Ed Meese, or some other fascist
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As if watching Fox News wasn’t a big enough contribution to artificial intelligence now there is Amazon Ring. “Hello Dispatch, I have a squirrel that is looking at me fur a bit too long I thinks. And its sort of on the dark side, if you know what I mean.”
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Nor would they like to have their guns taken away, or be trained in restraint, or abuse their jobs in oh so many other ways.
Who would abuse such a tool? (sarcasm) Trump for one.
Amazon, we hardly Knew Ye.
And, now, we don’t Want to know you.
Because of where I live, I got the Ring door and interior sensors a few months ago - should have investigated the creepy relationship with Amazon. Their monitor service is $10 / month, the cheapest out there. Now I’m thinking twice about expanding to their video cams. Without the monitor service, the videos go nowhere except your smartphone. That is one option. Anyway, I checked w/ Ring to get their policy on all of this (not that they are obligated to follow their own policy). For what it is worth: