Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance (www.eff.org)
from brisk@aussie.zone to technology@beehaw.org on 20 Jul 00:00
https://aussie.zone/post/22813634

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to request footage directly from Ring users, it is also introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices.

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Powderhorn@beehaw.org on 20 Jul 00:03 next collapse

And we were expecting … what, exactly? Part of the joy of being homeless is avoiding this crap.

brisk@aussie.zone on 20 Jul 01:36 collapse

Part of the problem with Ring is it’s generally not self-surveillance. The cameras point onto the street and other people’s residences. You get surveiled because some other random person thought it was a good idea.

SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org on 21 Jul 09:05 next collapse

This only affects the US though, right?

HumbleFlamingo@beehaw.org on 21 Jul 17:27 next collapse

It’s a little pricey, but I am very happy with my Unifi setup.

t3rmit3@beehaw.org on 21 Jul 19:22 collapse

This is the newest way the US is backdooring their way into a surveillance state: private businesses feeding data directly to police. All the cameras in parking lots with the big solar panels also feed directly to cops. “Smart home” is just another way to extract value while harming you.

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org on 21 Jul 19:41 collapse

Cashes in on.

Edit: This made sense before OP’s edit, I swear.

t3rmit3@beehaw.org on 22 Jul 01:18 collapse

Haha, yeah I realized the start of my post was based on a misread. :P