NBC晚间新闻 警方利用门铃相机破案引发担忧

Get away from the door. From catching¹ thieves in the act to cute kids on the front porch. I love you. to solving kidnappings, doorbell cameras have gone viral. Now some cities are partnering with Amazon to distribute its Ring cameras at a discount to deter² crime. The Wolcott Connecticut Police Department says the cameras have already solved three burglaries. Whether it's an inner city, whether it's a rural area people want to be safe in their own homes. Police have no access to watch the cameras live. Amazon Ring says the footage remains³ in the cloud for two months controlled by the homeowner who remains anonymous⁴. If a crime occurs police ask Ring to ask the homeowners if they'd share the video.

But some privacy advocates warn more surveillance will unfairly impact minorities. We've already seen in the past several years a lot of high profile instances of people policing black folks and brown folks who they don't think belong in their neighborhoods. Still Washington DC offers rebate⁵ checks to homeowners who register their cameras. These are good citizens that really want to be able to help and so they'll provide video footage if there's something of interest on their cameras. No different than cameras on street poles gas stations and police body cams say advocates. Someone is always watching.

离我家的门远点。从当场抓小偷到前廊上可爱的孩子。我爱你。解决绑架问题，门铃相机现在已经走红了。现在一些城市已经与亚马逊进行了合作，亚马逊以折扣价销售其Ring品牌门铃相机，以遏制犯罪。康涅狄格州沃尔科特警察局表示，门铃相机已经帮助破获了三起盗窃案。不管是市中心还是乡郊地区，人们都想在家里的时候是安全的。警方无权查看实时录像。亚马逊的Ring公司表示，相机视频会在云端保存两个月，由装有相机的匿名房主控制。如果发生了犯罪，警察会打电话询问亚马逊旗下的Ring公司，Ring公司再询问房主是否愿意分享视频。但一些隐私倡导人士警告称，更多的监控将不公平地影响少数族裔。在过去的几年里，我们已经看到了很多引人注目的例子，比如有人管理着他们认为不属于自己社区的黑色和棕色人种。尽管如此，华盛顿特区还是为那些登记了相机的房主提供退税支票。这些都是好公民，他们真的希望能够提供帮助，所以如果他们的相机上有涉及到公众利益的东西，他们会提供视频。支持者说，这和路灯上的摄像头和警察身上的摄像头没什么不同。总有人在监视。

1 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

2 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

5 rebate   

v./n.折扣，回扣，退款；vt.给...回扣，给...打折扣

参考例句：

• You can claim a rebate on your tax.你可以要求退回部分税款。
• Customers are to benefit from a rebate on their electricity bills.顾客将从他们的电费退费中得到实惠。