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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Want to get rid of security cameras? This is how.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know, this sounds like what they do in London.

Edit: I'm not saying that's a good thing, I'm saying it didn't get rid of cameras. It increased their numbers vastly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

do they have access to private video cameras in London or are those all government cameras?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't think they have access to private cameras, but why would they need them when there are government cameras literally everywhere? I don't know if you've been to London, but there are cameras on virtually every light pole. There are literally tens of thousands of government surveillance cameras in the UK.

This is not an unusual sight:

If they can't access private cameras, they will add so many public ones that they aren't necessary. It's a bigger problem than just access to private cameras.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I’m not actually against public security cameras. I think London is a bit much, but hey—they caught that crime.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

I read this and think: must be cheaper than setting up their own cameras at every corner

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

LOL getting blocked by [email protected] is honor!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

So Ring shuts down their free access, not even two months ago, and they want to force it again somehow? Without a warrant?

Correction: this is an article from before Ring changed the policy.