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Big Brother just got an upgrade. Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored... (lemmy.world)

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Jason Bassler | @JasonBassler1

Big Brother just got an upgrade.

Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored, tagged, & analyzed without consent.

One step closer to total surveillance.

[Image: A Ring doorbell camera mounted on a brick wall. A digital overlay shows facial recognition scanning a person's face with grid lines. Text on the right reads "Amazon's Ring Adds Facial Recognition to Home Security" with additional text below.]

6:00 PM | Oct 4, 2025

Source: https://x.com/JasonBassler1/status/1974640686419857516

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[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Maybe we should bring back covid masks as a privacy/fashion statement now?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sorry, that's illegal now

876.12 Wearing mask, hood, or other device on public way.—No person or persons over 16 years of age shall, while wearing any mask, hood, or device whereby any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed, or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter upon, or be or appear upon any lane, walk, alley, street, road, highway, or other public way in this state.

It's part of the big campaign to disrupt criminal anarchy, treason, and other crimes against public order

[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago

Illegal for you, I guess. I can wear a mask outside. Good luck down there in the US, guys.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I always thought of them as a privacy aid.