The Doorbell Company That’s Selling Fear
The Atlantic,
by
Joshua Benton
Original Article
Posted By: Toledo,
5/2/2019 6:52:07 AM
When news organizations think about competition from tech companies, it’s usually in terms of the audience’s attention and advertisers’ dollars. But if Amazon has its way, a new sort of competition may be coming from a mixture of surveillance, fear, and doorbells. Amazon is currently looking to hire someone with the title “Managing Editor, News.” But it’s not for the entire Amazon empire—it’s for the small slice of it that makes security-focused doorbells, Ring. (Amazon bought Ring last year for more than $1 billion.)
I´m now convinced, through advertising brain-washing, that only white people steal packages from front porches, only whites rob banks and only whites hack into your bank account.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 5/2/2019 7:43:29 AM (No. 74580)
And hurricanes are more numerous and stronger than ever before because of global warming, the United States, “Easter Worshippers” and in particular, White men! Just about all news is fake news. Turn it off.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
earlybird 5/2/2019 10:35:22 AM (No. 74572)
The Atlantic’s top talent reporter states unequivocally that those (most Americans) who believe crime has gotten worse are dead wrong. Never mind that many police jurisdictions don’t do much to combat or deal with crimes against property, and those of us who receive emailed reports from our local LE agencies via sites like Crime-Mapping can see daily what is happening in our neighborhood.
In our city you can get Ring from the Police Department at a significant discount. They obviously believe it is a good thing.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mc squared 5/2/2019 10:39:56 AM (No. 74573)
The article suggests you enter your address into the Ring App.
Think a long time before you Google your own name or check your address on the internet.
Who is going to add it to their list of info and will you then be bombarded by adds?
I´d bet a buck that if you google your address Amazon will know you don´t yet have the device.
Like the people selling home security system on the phone. Never tell them you´re not interested: tell them you already have a good one, thank you!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Nevadadad46 5/2/2019 10:59:08 AM (No. 74579)
I live in a modest home, in a modest, but a well-maintained neighborhood. We are totally mixed races. When I go for my walk in the evenings, the aromas coming from my neighbor´s homes as they cook their dinners are amazing- AMAZING! You would not believe. Chinese, Italian, Mexican (Ooooh- Mexican), and good old American steaks and burgers.
when you see the kids lined up to catch their school buses in the mornings, you see well dressed, polite, laughing kids of every race getting along nice, causing not one whit of trouble - ever.
But, we have had car thieves, back-yard robbers, vandals, break-ins, and most recently (this year) every mail-box cluster broken into- except one- the one I protected! W@hy? I am a security expert - from my prison days as a maintenance supervisor and my experience with convicts. I set up security cameras around the mail-box and then set signs on the block mailbox and flashing red lights. Ours was the only one out of 23 in our neighborhood that was not attacked and literally destroyed so badly, the box stands had to be completely replaced. We caught the culprits on camera- grown black men from out of the neighborhood using sophisticated tools to quickly rip open mailboxes to steal Federal Tax return checks! But, no authorities ever interviewed anyone here, no police, no postal inspectors. We defended our own with security cameras and technology! We are not afraid- we are prudent citizens defending our homes and property with great technology- about half the homes here have the Ring doorbell- it has detered package thieves (porch pirates) like crazy.
The Atlantic can go pedal their BS someplace else.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 5/2/2019 12:34:38 PM (No. 74575)
Yeah? Crime has declined? Well, try selling this story to a neighborhood in South Seattle where earlier this week several homes with security cameras caught a man trying the front doors of several homes to see if they were unlocked. Oh, did I mention the would-be burglar was carrying a rifle?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
kono 5/2/2019 12:44:54 PM (No. 74576)
They´re seeking somebody to report with "engaging storytelling that packs a punch"
How about reporting that makes sense and packs honesty? Because it seems that the line between marketing and reporting has blurred to the point where instead of reporting the truth they are marketing their version of the truth (i.e. custom spin doctors).
What I find most mind-boggling about this is how the hell will this person´s work manifest itself in the world? Is Amazon marketing doorbells that, when pressed, deliver 5-second crime report newsbites instead of bell tones?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
RobertJ984 5/2/2019 12:48:21 PM (No. 74581)
I installed a ring doorbell right before we left for a three month trip to Florida. This device is amazing. When the neighbor’s dog got loose and walked in my yard, I called from 800 miles away and he got him. When UPS delivered a package, I called a family member to go get it. I could even listen in to a neighbor cussing out his lawnmower for not starting.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
lakerman1 5/2/2019 1:22:39 PM (No. 74577)
Here is a simple solution to the porch pirate.
Have local police set up an unmarked car, follow the UPS/FEDEX truck at a distance, and the police will discover what we already know - the porch pirated do the same.
Then the police can turn their dash came on, and bust the porch pirates.
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Smart11344 5/2/2019 2:37:59 PM (No. 74574)
I´ve only fired a weapon a few times in my life. One of those times was in bootcamp i 1966. My first time was with my uncle firing a .22 caliber pistol. Now, at age 75, I am thinking of buyin a small caliber pistol and apply for a concealed weapons permit. I don´t plan on carrying it 24/7. I´m also beginning to think teenagers, whose liife skills are quite limited are just as dangerous with a smart phone embedded on their body. I saw a teen who had an attachedment on the handlebars of his bicycle, was texting, and pedalled himself into a parked car. I hate to admit it, but I laughed. Whe cell phone become more important than your life, something is seriously wrong.
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