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Here's an interesting security related idea from a short news article addressing NYC's recent rising subway crime rates. The article quotes a news commentator calling people's being cautioned to not wear headphones and be fully absorbed in their phones in NYC's subway system as a "quality of life issue." This highlights the simple fact that most people consider situational awareness out in public a burden.

Certainly, all of us can think back to a time in our early lives when we loved going out and about simply for the opportunity it gave us to look around and explore the world around us. Why now, has situational awareness, a thing so rooted in our natural curiosity and wonder, become a burdensome task? One that we consider so onerous that we are willing to pay extravagant prices for people to do for us - because largely that is what the private security industry has become.

This troublesome question is not meant to be answered, but rather to point us back to a more natural and ethical style of security. One where an ever-growing number of AI driven surveillance systems is replaced by a returned, natural, collective sense of awareness that enables each of us to better look out for ourselves and each other. This is a foundational idea in what Affirmative Solutions calls "Ethical Security."

If you're interested in this idea, please look us up on our website at:
www.affirmingsecurity.com

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NYC mayor, reacting to subway crime, suggests not wearing headphones New York City Mayor Eric Adams advised Friday that straphangers on the subway put away headphones and smartphones and be "aware of what's around them."

The best way to stay safe is to daily update your internal threat model by becoming more aware of what is going on around you. Here is some interesting information concerning school shootings that will help you take a more data driven look at the phenomena. The report, which is put out by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, can be found in either its 52 pg. entirety or condense summary version in the link below. It's a great read and really gives you a lot of information to sink your teeth into and craft the kind of mental awareness model that will actually help keep you and those you love safe.

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K-12 Education: Characteristics of School Shootings We examined school shootings and found: Half were committed by current or former students Suburban and rural, wealthier, and low-minority schools had...