In letter to senators, Ring says it has fired four employees over the last four years after it was notified about the employees' improper access to user videos
Amazon-owned home security camera company Ring has fired employees for improperly accessing Ring users' video data …
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Discussion
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@dcuthbert
Daniel Cuthbert
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It's rather clear that @ring has a lot of issues that need solving when it comes to privacy and general security. I'm amazed Amazon didn't rectify this during the acquisition. It's not like they don't have capability in AWS https://www.cnet.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@evan_greer
Evan Greer
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four instances that were reported to management and resulted in termination. you know there were WAY more https://twitter.com/...
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@leftoblique
Dana Fried
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My question is: why wasn't access to video data locked down after the first incident? (The rest of this thread is equally horrifying. There is no reason regular Amazon employees should have unfettered access to all Ring video.) https://twitter.com/...
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@ranimolla
Rani Molla
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Amazon's response to whether Ring will use facial recognition technology seems to have landed on a hard “probably” https://www.cnet.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@swiftonsecurity
@swiftonsecurity
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Kind of concerning there were no terminations based on... their own auditing... https://twitter.com/...
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@josephfcox
Joseph Cox
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Ring says three workers can currently access stored customer video https://www.vice.com/... pic.twitter.com/kDJ3A0VF3r
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@nekap
@nekap
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The wording here simply makes me wonder what they did in the other cases. https://twitter.com/...
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@unfitforpurpose
@unfitforpurpose
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Oh look, all of the incredibly predictable things happened. https://twitter.com/...
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@aaronpcalvin
@aaronpcalvin
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Even in the context of Amazon's suite of surveillance products, Ring continually outdoes itself with just how much product owners are compromising their own privacy by owning one. https://www.vice.com/...
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@cfidd
Fiddler
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“at least four cases” ... whether or not you see three+ as a trend or as enemy action, this is v bad https://twitter.com/...
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@josephfcox
Joseph Cox
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Here is the section of the letter from Ring where the company says it has issues of data access abuse around video https://www.vice.com/... pic.twitter.com/s51xfTMyXZ
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@alfredwkng
Alfred
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Ring also said that three members of its R&D team in Ukraine has access to all videos, even the ones that are not posted publicly https://www.cnet.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@josephfcox
Joseph Cox
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Asked Ring some specific Qs about the internal data abuse, such as where these employees were located, the nature of the abuse. “We do not comment on personnel matters.” https://www.vice.com/...
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@sarahfkessler
Sarah Kessler
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People use these cameras as baby monitors https://twitter.com/...
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@robzacny
Robert Zacny
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It's not so much a single panopticon we've built so much as a lot tiny panopticons with lots of weird little wardens. https://www.vice.com/...
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@bmakuch
Ben Makuch
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You know, I hate to say it, but you just knew something creepy like this was going to come out about Ring. Another @josephfcox bombshell for @motherboard @vice https://www.vice.com/...
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@josephfcox
Joseph Cox
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New: Ring has fired individuals for abusing access to video data. Received four complaints over last few years about this sort of abuse. In each case, Ring investigated, terminated the individual https://www.vice.com/...
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@alfredwkng
Alfred
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JUST IN: Ring responded to a group of senators' letters about its security practices on Monday. It noted that there were four instances of employees abusing access to Ring doorbell videos in the last 4 years: https://www.cnet.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@sivavaid
Siva Vaidhyanathan
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At least? It doesn't know the number? https://twitter.com/...