Increased, crowd-sourced surveillance threatens our privateness

In reaction to the new, tragic surge in gun violence, some public voices inspired popular adoption of Amazon’s Ring generation as one device to deal with crime. Ring makes use of an area watch software known as “Neighbors” that Amazon promotes as a device placing “neighborhood security in your hands.” In truth, via partnerships with over 1,450 police departments national, Neighbors put video surveillance photos within the palms of regulation enforcement, together with a minimum of 155 in Illinois. SEND LETTERS TO: letters@suntimes.com. Please come with your group or native land and a telephone quantity for verification functions. Chicago is already probably the most surveilled towns (greater than 35,000 cameras for two.7 million other people), and there may be