• SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Umm… that could have just been the other driver asking the person for their footage from the camera they saw.

    Not everything is a conspiracy dude, that’s commonly done after any incident lmfao.

    I have cameras and plenty of people have asked me for random footage for thefts and collisions, none being a company or insurance, always the person affected…

    Edit, sorry I guess once the police did, but still there’s nothing odd or weird about what happened to you.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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      21 days ago

      Except it literally is a conspiracy (An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.) and actually happening. Debatably it’s legal, rightful, and not subversive. I think most people would disagree though. It’s not like people are just guessing this is happening. We know the data is being sold, to the police/government, and presumably also to other companies.

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        21 days ago

        In this case, it might not involve the surveillance company selling or sharing anything. All an insurance adjuster has to do is knock on doors in the area and ask the home owners if they are willing to share any video footage they have.

        And yes, people do this all the time. I work in this industry.

        I really hate to stand on the side of the data hoarding conglomerates, but there’s a significant chance they were not involved in the release of that video.

      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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        21 days ago

        Sure, but people STILL knock on the doors. They likely didn’t participate in a conspiracy to get it, sorry.