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.
UK judge rules in favor of a woman who claimed her neighbor's Ring doorbell breached her privacy, potentially paving the way for similar lawsuits
- A judge ruled that a doctor's neighbour's Ring smart doorbell cameras breached her privacy in landmark case
A look at “Sharp Eyes”, a computerized video surveillance program that aims to surveil 100% of Chinese public spaces and relies largely on reports from citizens
The program turns neighbors into agents of the surveillance state — One of China's largest … Tweets: @medium , @ozm , @ozm , @aedison , @sarahnemerson , and @seamusblackley Tweets: @medium : China's...
A look at the pandemic's impact on Nextdoor and how CEO Sarah Friar has attempted to promote the concept of “kindness” amid a tumultuous year for the company
The social network for local communities bet on kindness to power it to an IPO. If only the locals don't ruin it. Tweets: @mclendaniel , @table_delete , and @ctrlzee Tweets: Morgan Clendaniel / @mcle...
Amazon's Ring says police can request 12 hours of video footage from users near suspected crime scenes, keep the video forever, and share it with anyone
Police officers who download videos captured by homeowners' Ring doorbell cameras can keep them forever and share them with whomever …
Review of Neighbors, Ring's neighborhood watch feature: great for locals concerned about crime but its privacy policy is lacking and it is not really “opt-in”
Security cameras and doorbell cameras can make people feel safer, but they also raise privacy concerns.
Amazon's Ring says that it receives some real-time 911 call data, including addresses, from police, which helps it curate crime news posts for its Neighbors app
here's what it's like Louise Matsakis / Wired : Cops Are Offering Ring Doorbell Cameras in Exchange for Info Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing : Amazon's secret deals with local cops give them access to rea...
Ring is using a video captured by one of its doorbell cameras of a woman, whom cops suspect is a petty thief, in Facebook ads that ask users to identify her
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