Posted on 11/07/2020 5:49:41 AM PST by BenLurkin
On Tuesday, Jackson, Mississippi's city council signed off on a 45-day pilot program that would let police access Ring surveillance cameras in real time.
In partnership with technology companies PILEUM and Fūsus, the pilot program will run through the police department’s surveillance hub, the Real Time Crime Center, from which Jackson’s police department can stream Ring surveillance camera footage.
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba told WLBT-TV the hope is to better “follow and trace” suspects at the site of a crime. "We'll be able to get a location, draw a circle around it, and pull up every camera within a certain radius to see if someone runs out of a building,” he said
“Ultimately, what will happen is residents and businesses will be able to sign a waiver, if they want their camera to be accessed from the Real Time Crime Center,” Lumumba told WLBT-TV. “It would save [us] from having to buy a camera for every place across the city.”
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Fūsus, a Georgia-based company which styles itself as "the first company to unify live video, data and sensor feeds from virtually any source" offers cloud services that Lumumba said will be important to "allow us to connect into cameras." PILEUM is a Jackson-based company that describes itself as an "IT Consulting and Systems integration firm."
Many states, including Mississippi, have CCTV laws that restrict a home's or businesses' surveillance to its own property and not the surrounding area. Jackson’s surveillance hub has already raised concerns among the public about possible privacy and a lack of evidence that such surveillance actually has an impact on crime.
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Ring someone's doorbell while running a slight fever, and about that time a cop car screeches to a halt out at the curb, and next thing you know you're on your way to virus camp, somewhere up in the north woods of Canada.
Big Brother is here, welcome to 1984...
This is probably one of the reasons that the damned
Ring doorbell doesn’t notify you until after whoever set it off is already gone. Its primary value is that criminals recognize them and don’t want to be caught on video. Other cheaper alternatives work much better.
Except that in this case the owners sign up for the “service”.
IoT, Deep State has been growing its tentacles for decades...
It’s a conspiracy, I tell ya! Everything!
Jackson, Mississippi
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi#Demographics
“As of the census[70] of 2010,...The racial makeup of the city was 79.4% Black or African American,...”
“ Except that in this case the owners sign up for the “service”.”
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Yeh, the smart play is not to buy Ring. Same with Alexa. Personally, my security is an eight foot fence and gated drive. Internally it’s a 1911-A1.
Agreed on alternatives. With enough forethought and ongoing modifications, a person can build a great home security system. Wherever feasible, one might consider adding a license plate cam for the nearest street. Some crooks wear masks.
This is state surveillance and needs to stop now. Ridiculous for people to allow this.
“ Except that in this case the owners sign up for the “service”.”
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Yeh, the smart play is not to buy Ring. Same with Alexa. Personally, my security is an eight foot fence and gated drive. Internally it’s a 1911-A1.
You all realize this is Chinese hardware?
LOL...
I have to admit our systems did not have a lot of forethought they just evolved. After our house was burglarized, we purchased a bunch of cameras and a burglar alarm system. The burglar alarm system has a battery backup and a cell phone built into it which calls out even if the power and land line is cut. The ring's are very recognizable, so they have a deterrent effect, other than that they are almost a complete waste of money... we actually have three at one house and a third at our second home.
I like the little Wyze cams because they are super cheap, provide a good picture, have motion detection, take an SD card for recording 24 hours a day, and are very easy to set up all with no monthly fee unlike the rings. I especially like the ones with the 360 base, but they cost a little more. Currently $37 vs $25. The Blink cameras cost a lot more ($100) but you do not have to hook wires to them and the batteries last a long time.
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