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  • Law enforcement can get Ring doorbell video by just asking for it [u]

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    BxBorn said:
    not sure I have all that much of a problem with this - I have Ring cameras outside of my house as a deterrent but also as a means to assist police should something happen so I can't see why others in the network wouldn't comply with the request if meant the arrest and/or prosecution of someone. Law Enforcement still has to go through channels to get the video and it doesn't appear to be a situation where 100% of all direct requests to Amazon will be fulfilled. If the courts reasonably believes that an individual has information that will lead to a convictions and that individual doesn't comply to testify on request the court can issue a subpoena if there is enough data to support the value of the testimony and likelihood to convict based on it. There are circumstances where even subpoena can't force the testimony but in 90%+ of cases you're going to testify. As far as overall Privacy goes isn't there an argument then that these outdoor camera's are violating the privacy of your neighbors and therefore should be banned? Unless you can contain the field of view to just your property you are more than likely picking up images from an adjacent property and not respecting their right to privacy - I actually informed my neighbors of my cameras and showed them what the cameras were picking up. No one had an issue and appreciated that I let them know...a couple actually bought their own once they saw it.
    Be very careful. The Sheriff's office spokesman says Amazon will "essentially 'subpoena'" the video for them. That doesn't sound like a real subpoena. It sounds like the Sherriff's office asks Amazon for the video and Amazon hands it over without any judicial involvement.
    cornchiprandominternetpersonlolliverdysamoriawatto_cobra

  • Law enforcement can get Ring doorbell video by just asking for it [u]

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    Gerfnicken said:
    If I have an indoor Ring Camera, does the same apply?
    I would think yes - the video portal probably doesn't distinguish between them on their end.
    hodarwatto_cobra

  • BMW says annual $80 CarPlay fee needed for ongoing testing & development

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    cornchip said:
    BMW died with the E60/1 and the last true BMW was the E46 imho. Both of which I have. For my wife. I drive an E30, also imho, the best sedan ever made. Ever. 

    Sadly, I would never even entertain the thought of owning a modern BMW (with the outside exception of a 1st gen 1 series). We’re likely going to sell the E61 and keep the E46. The once great  Bavarian automotive engineering prince (I’ll reserve king for Porsche) is no longer what it was. 
    I used to drive an E21.
    watto_cobra

  • How to pick between InDesign, QuarkXPress and other publishing apps

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    EsquireCats said:

    In total it's a good time to be in this space, however if you don't have a full suite, you're already irrelevant: e.g. Quark.
    Quark continues to exist because they have customers with deep histories of using Quark. Eventually old Macs break, and get replaced with newer Macs. Newer Macs don't run older macOS, so you have to run newer macOS, which requires newer versions of Quark. Sometimes, you'll have a conversation with them, and they'll say things like, "I'm thinking about making a clean break, and using InDesign... but then I'd have to keep buying Quark if I needed to work with things in the archives..." and they never make that leap.
    gatorguy

  • How to pick between InDesign, QuarkXPress and other publishing apps

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    mike54 said:
    Before forking hundreds in subscription fees or outright purchases, I suggest people first try Scribus, a capable alternative to Adobe Indesign.
    Other quality opensource software in this field are Inkscape, GIMP, Krita.

    Except that doing so defeats any purpose of using the Mac. Invariably, you have to install Java (security vulnerability, deprecated by Apple), have to install xQuartz, have to adjust to interfaces that don't do anything to adhere to Mac interface guidelines, and generally have to expect them to run slower because they're using non-native frameworks.

    This isn't necessarily true for every one of the options you named, but I'll happily choose Affinity Publisher over Scribus anytime. I'll use Pixelmator before GIMP. I'll use Affinity Designer before Inkscape. Krita looks pretty promising.

    Of course, if I were trying to replace my Mac with a Linux system, I'd end up using all of the applications you named.

    macpluspluspscooter63