[HN Gopher] Ring steps back from sharing video with police - mostly
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       Ring steps back from sharing video with police - mostly
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2024-01-24 18:30 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | sonicanatidae wrote:
       | Ring forever became the 3rd party police with these things. I'll
       | never own one, no matter what lies they trot out.
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       | It's all marketing garbage, because their profits were impacted.
       | Nothing more.
       | 
       | edit: typo..doh
        
         | JohnFen wrote:
         | > I've never own one
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         | I take it even further than that. I also try to avoid going
         | anywhere near houses that have them.
        
           | Paul-Craft wrote:
           | Isn't it kind of hard to tell if a house has one without
           | actually going near it in the first place?
        
             | kkarakk wrote:
             | if you are in a neighborhood where everyone makes above a
             | certain level of money literally every door has one. this
             | is true across countries even(the cameras might not be
             | called ring tho)
             | 
             | turns out people do want a surveillance state, they were
             | just uncomfortable putting cameras on the roofs
        
             | JohnFen wrote:
             | It's hard to tell with 100% certainty, but most such
             | devices have a distinctive light that can be seen from a
             | distance.
             | 
             | In any case, these things tend to be used by a fairly
             | specific demographic that tends to congregate in specific
             | neighborhoods, so I can use that as a proxy and avoid going
             | to those neighborhoods.
        
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