Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is on an apology tour to quell an outcry over privacy concerns after Ring's Super Bowl Search Party ad, calling it a “perfect storm”
Since the commercial aired, Jamie Siminoff has been trying to quell an outcry over privacy concerns with his doorbell cameras.
New York Times Jordyn Holman
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- Leaked email proves Ring intended to use surveillance feature for people 9to5Mac · Ben Lovejoy
- Ring's AI-powered Search Party won't stop at finding lost dogs, leaked email shows The Verge · Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
- Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs 404 Media · Jason Koebler
- Ring denies being ‘mass surveillance’ but AI dog tracking will continue PCWorld · Ben Patterson
- A leaked internal email shows Ring's plan targets more than pets AppleInsider · Amber Neely
- Leaked Ring Email: ‘Search Party’ Is for More Than Dogs Newser · Jenn Gidman
- New from 404 Media: a leaked email suggests Ring's ‘Search Party’ feature, which it advertised at the Super Bowl, won't be limited to just turning on neighborhoods' cameras to search for dogs. CEO Jamie Siminoff said the feature is “first for finding dogs.” — https://www.404media.co/... @josephcox@infosec.exchange · Joseph Cox
- Techno-utopia-ing our way into total #surveillance and carcerality. — “I believe that the foundation we created with Search Party, first for finding dogs, will end up becoming one of the most important pieces of tech and innovation to truly unlock the impact of our mission. … @Ashedryden@xoxo.zone · Ashe Dryden
- Ring could be planning to expand Search Party feature beyond dogs Engadget · Lawrence Bonk
- After Search Party backlash, Ring is still avoiding the bigger questions The Verge · Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
- Ring pushes back after ‘zero out crime’ email sparks privacy fears Android Authority · Matt Horne
Discussion
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@athenaforall
Athena Coalition
on bluesky
We all knew that Amazon Ring's “Search Party” feature wouldn't stop at looking for dogs. In leaked emails, its founder talks about using it to search our sidewalks for *anyone* - that's a constitution-defying power that no corporation should have. — www.404media.co/leaked-emai…
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@mrfahrenheit
Mr. Fahrenheit
on bluesky
Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs — Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.
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@hypervisible.blacksky.app
@hypervisible.blacksky.app
on bluesky
“He said that he understood people's concerns, and that maybe people were ‘triggered’ by an image in the ad that showed blue rings radiating out from suburban homes. There will be fewer maps in any future ads, he said.”
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@mguariglia
Matthew Guariglia
on bluesky
“...There will be fewer maps in any future ads, he said.” — He knows the maps make people realize how much this connected surveillance network blankets neighborhoods. People want to think of it as THEIR camera on THEIR door and connected to nothing, but it's not.
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@eff.org
@eff.org
on bluesky
Part of the myth of Ring is that this is MY camera on MY door—but when you see a map and realize that there are a hundred in your neighborhood and they're all connected by a corporation that serves the police, the illusion dissolves.