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”
New York Times Jordyn Holman
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- 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
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Discussion
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@mikaelthalen
Mikael Thalen
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Ring's founder is running defense in the media after his disastrous Super Bowl ad. — Yet he's still framing the “Search Party” feature as a way to find lost dogs, despite @404media.co obtaining an internal email where he says the feature will expand beyond dogs. www.nytimes.com…
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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.
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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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@hypervisible.blacksky.app
@hypervisible.blacksky.app
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“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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@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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@athenaforall
Athena Coalition
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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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r/Ring
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