Once upon a time, the application of residents was known as Vigilante, the title was so provocative so Apple forbade it from the App Store and started rebranding. So in 2017 it was launched as an application built on people’s warnings about nearby emergencies and documenting incidents on behalf of transparency.
A report with the motherboard revealed that it did not stick to only transparency, because the document leaked and the appearance of security vehicles in Los Angeles showed residents’ plans to offer a kind of personal security service that was on demand. The $ 20-month protective service company has promised a “direct monitoring” and “digital bodyguard” that can be called with a safe word to direct emergency services to your location.
According to former employees quoted by the motherboard, the next step is “to create a privatized secondary emergency response network” which connects users to private security companies directly. A spokesperson refers to security vehicles as part of the “personal fast response service” that is testing as a pilot project.
As if seeing a post next to the local you can’t reveal a potential problem with the settings, only Saturday the application of residents targeting a homeless by posting his photo during live broadcasts, painting as a burner who causes forest fires and promises a $ 30,000 prize for information that leads to information on his arrest. The police announced on Monday that they had arrested other people to be suspected of being burning.