Posted on 07/15/2023 10:34:30 AM PDT by Twotone
The left's resentment of effective means for curbing crime is no longer limited to armed homeowners, robust police forces, stern criminal laws, and effective prosecutors. Now, home surveillance tech has been classed as "dangerous" and potentially racist.
Ring cameras are a popular commodity among those seeking greater security or at the very least some hope of identifying home invaders so that justice can later be meted out.
TheBlaze has previously detailed multiple occasions on which these devices and others like them have been utilized to great effect, highlighting heroics, exposing criminality, documenting statist intimidation efforts, and recording unsettling events.
The prospect that neighbors and communities can coordinate to counter crime, bolster security, report missing pets, and/or look out for one another is condemnable, at least where the tech magazine Wired is concerned. Adrienne So, a senior associate reviews editor at Wired, noted in a July 9 article recently indicated that these devices, while "affordable and ubiquitous," are altogether "dangerous," not only to users but to "society in general."
So reported that upon installing a Ring camera, users are automatically enrolled in the optional Neighbors service.
The Neighbors app is touted as a means of helping "put an end to local crime spree."
The app "uses your address to create a radius around your home. If anyone shares an alert on the app about crime or safety within that radius, you'll get a notification on your phone and tablet. Conversely, if you share an alert on the app about a crime or safety issue in your radius, your neighbors will also get a notification on their phones and tablets."
So fears that homeowners with Ring cameras and the Neighbors app might collaborate with local police services or worse — that the devices might expose the wrong kinds of criminals.
So noted that the Neighbors app enables "Ring owners to send videos they've captured with their Ring video doorbell cameras and outdoor security cameras to law enforcement."
Despite admitting "it is legally not allowed [for police] to access your personal videos or information without your permission" and that Ring owners have the choice not to forward footage of a possible crime to police, So insinuated that law enforcement would access footage for which a warrant is needed.
So's primary concern appears to be less the fact that police might get their hands on incriminating footage but the demographics of those incriminated.
"Neighbors increases the possibility of racial profiling. It makes it easier for both private citizens and law enforcement agencies to target certain groups for suspicion of crime based on skin color, ethnicity, religion, or country of origin," wrote So. "We have been concerned about this issue since Ring started partnering with police departments to hand out free video cameras."
So further suggested, "Putting a frictionless feature directly into Neighbors makes it that much easier for Ring owners to bombard law enforcement with unsubstantiated and possibly biased alarms."
Largely for fear of bias, So recommended against purchasing Ring cameras despite their affordability, because "contributing to a just society is also a factor in keeping your family safe."
Richard Hanania, president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, responded to So's article, tweeting, "I absolutely love this. Ring cameras help solve and prevent crime. What's the problem? If it's too easy and solve and prevent crime, it just means you might start suspecting black people. Ergo, we should make it harder to fight crime. Liberals."
Ted Frank, director of litigation at the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, highlighted how Wired alternatively praised Nextdoor, which removed the feature whereby users can submit incriminating videos to the police "in, you guessed it, 2020" — around the time the "defund the police" movement kicked off in earnest.
Revolver suggested, "It's official: liberalism is not only a mental disorder, it's also a death wish."
I’m waiting for the headline which says, “Truth is racist.”
It’s not “profiling” f you have a picture of the crime in progress.
Great news. Can I get my Ring cameras to only notify me if a person of color is at the door?
It’s racist to catch criminals of color.
I didn’t know cameras did such a thing.
I despise stupid leftists.
Paradoxical effect: This article will lead to more people using cameras.
There is a middle ground - simply add software that replaces black faces in their images with random white faces.
The existence of my ring cameras served as a deterrent. The perp decided not to kick in my door. We opted to not blow him in half. Win. Win.
Don’t give the Bastards any ideas.
If you catch a member of America’s Royal Race while they do crime you are a hater and an insurrectionist!
;-)
> I’m waiting for the headline which says, “Truth is racist.”
That’s *every* headline that includes “ist,” “phobe,” or any of the other usual leftist buzzwords or phrases (including the obvious tell they’ve mostly stopped using, “here’s why (complete inversion of truth).”)
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/ring-stick-up-indoor-outdoor-wire-free-1080p-security-camera-black/6403964.p?skuId=6403964
That means you need one if you’re a write person to video evidence from black criminals.
That’s exactly what it says if you read libtard like I do
White person
Adrienne So is a moron who clearly lives in a protected bubble of non-black elite no-nothings ...
black home owners use these Ring cameras as much or more than whites to protect themselves from crimes and to help catch the criminals when they happen, primarily because blacks are much more frequently victims of crimes than whites ... all one has to do to see that the above statements are true, is to watch the On Patrol Live TV show on Friday and Saturday nights ... see what happens in Berkeley and Richmond counties in South Carolina then ... in one recent incident, a whole gaggle of black women were clustered around a patrol car, comparing their Ring videos on their smart phones, helping to track the cops to track down a shooter ...
It makes it MUCH easier for both private citizens and law enforcement agencies to target specific individuals for suspicion of crime based on surveillance video and photos, instead of targeting certain groups based on skin color, ethnicity, religion, or country of origin.
How do you target someone based on their religion, from video footage? OK, well-groomed men wearing dress shirts and ties would have me leaning toward Mormons or JWs, but that’s about it.
This story is just as ridiculous as the “Only Nazi’s go to gyms” story that some dumb ass leftist wrote..leftists really do have too much time on their hands, EVERYTHING is racist
Yup—OPL is a great show—Freepers who want to see what is happening in the real world could learn a lot from every episode.
It should be required viewing for all politicians.
The cameras everywhere in homes and commercial buildings expose the lying perps with regularity.
The criminals all sound like Democrats—lots of excuses, blaming someone else including imaginary people and getting combative when called out on their lies.
The most amusing perps are the ones who claim to know the law on police procedure—they just make it up as they go.
The cameras give a brown black tint when in operation, ha ha ha ha ha ha.
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