“Fear sells.”
That's what Ring said in 2016, according to this staggering history of how Amazon's surveillance doorbell company built over 600 police partnerships and put cameras on front doors across America.
vice.com/en_us/article/…
That's what Ring said in 2016, according to this staggering history of how Amazon's surveillance doorbell company built over 600 police partnerships and put cameras on front doors across America.
vice.com/en_us/article/…
And that's not all we learned this week:
As recently as July, police could access a "heat map" that got very close to showing specific locations of Ring cameras in their town. (Ring has maintained that they do not show exactly where cameras are located.)
cnet.com/news/ring-gave…
As recently as July, police could access a "heat map" that got very close to showing specific locations of Ring cameras in their town. (Ring has maintained that they do not show exactly where cameras are located.)
cnet.com/news/ring-gave…
But wait, there's more:
Here's a story of woman who grew to regret sharing footage of a man on her porch from her Ring camera. That night, deputies killed the man during a separate encounter, as the footage continued to garner cruel comments online.
npr.org/2019/12/02/784…
Here's a story of woman who grew to regret sharing footage of a man on her porch from her Ring camera. That night, deputies killed the man during a separate encounter, as the footage continued to garner cruel comments online.
npr.org/2019/12/02/784…
What can we do about Ring?
Despite their inability to take seriously our concerns about how Ring threatens civil liberties, EFF is still trying to reach out to its celebrity spokesperson: @SHAQ.
Despite their inability to take seriously our concerns about how Ring threatens civil liberties, EFF is still trying to reach out to its celebrity spokesperson: @SHAQ.
