“Amazon acquired the trendy smart doorbell company and turned it into a panopticon police state nightmare tool” is some premium 2019 action. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/ ...
We really need legislation in the IOT space (Internet of things). Alexa, smart doorbells, Nest thermostats...all have the ability to monitor you in very deep ways. There are no rules as to what companies can do, or when they can do it. This has to stop. https://twitter.com/...
It's been a question many of us have been asking for months: How widespread is Ring's police network? Now we know. Use the map here to see if your local officers are involved (and please DM me if you've gotten a request!): https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
“The partnerships let police automatically request the video recorded by homeowners' cameras within a specific time and area, helping officers see footage from the company's millions of Internet-connected cameras installed nationwide, the company said.” https://www.washingtonpost…
Ring is an excellent tool for people who like to shake their fists ineffectually at the thieves who take the packages they insist on having dropped on their doorsteps. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
The doorbell-camera company Ring — owned by Amazon — has quietly forged video-sharing partnerships w/more than 400 police forces, granting them access to homeowners' footage and a powerful role in what the company calls America's “new neighborhood watch.” https://www.washingtonpo…
New: The doorbell-camera company Ring has forged partnerships with more than 400 police agencies across the U.S. “If the police demanded every citizen put a camera at their door and give officers access to it, we might all recoil,” one law professor said https://wapo.st/2L1DipZ p…