Crowd sourcing is where a platform gathers from a crowd or crowds of people, enabled virtually most of the time. The product is the result of the crowd.
Kickstarter is one example. Crowds of people have the ability to "support" a project that can then go to production and release an actual product.
Streaming video is being crowd-sourced in a suddenly pervasive way without the knowledge or explicit permission of those capturing the video.
If you install a "Ring" door camera and system you may be providing your video stream to local law enforcement without being aware of it.
Read more here:
https://xconomy.com/seattle/2019/08/28/ring-confirms-report-revealing-firm-works-with-400-police-agencies/
Should this alarm you?
I don't care for anything I pay for being used without my permission.
Happy Reading,
J.W. Gant
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