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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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[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Need to normalise IR and UV LED strobe flares, blind those CCDs.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 10 points 2 days ago

UV??? That'll just damage our eyes, please don't encourage that. IR, 100%

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[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My parents have one of these. 💀

Guess I'll be going into their place through the garage lmao

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[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Given any large database this is going to be a massive problem.

Did someone steal your package?

Do you want to know who did it?

Will you settle for knowing which of the 385 people in the country look like your villain? Some of them may even be close enough to be falsely accused!

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Would the police do anything about it even if you had 100% irrefutable proof of who did it? Would you settle for Amazon displaying to those 385 people in your town that sort of look like the thief ads for tools that would make it easier to break into your home?

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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I went to my sister's house yesterday, she lived in a gated community and to visit i have to let them take a picture of my face and then scan the cam for access. i thought that's extremely obnoxious. This is far worst.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 38 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Yeah, no. I'd be inviting my sister to visit me instead.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Yeah this has to be super inconvenient for the residents. I imagine many delivery services, DoorDash, instacart, will refuse to do this bullshit. Forcing the resident to meet them at the gate, or just not receive service at all. I would be pressuring my HOA to end this policy.

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[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I’m very happy with my ubiquiti doorbell. It records to a local NVR on my network. No cloud for this guy!

[–] raid_dad@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I’ve been telling anyone that will listen about my ubiquiti setup. Storing the video data locally is the only scenario that I’m comfortable with. I can still remotely log into my network and check camera footage, but no one else has access to it.

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[–] Highlandcow@feddit.uk 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Pray this isn't legal in the UK, under GDPR i don't think so but I'm not sure

[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

GDPR states that saving personal data without consent is illegal and on top you have the right to be deleted and forgotten. I am not even allowed to have a none recording camera sending the image from in front of my door because the space in front of my door is not my private property.

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

The problem is Amazon has this. I don lt care if my neighbors do this. But random corporations should not be involved.

[–] FalseTautology@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Can't we make necklaces of intense IR radiation that block out our faces? Or does that not work anymore?

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

A balaklava and a can of spray paint would be cheaper and more effective.

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[–] primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Set anything with a ring camera on it on fire. It is the enemy.

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[–] cdf12345@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Pretty sure this will be illegal in Illinois too

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Like I needed more reasons to never leave the fucking house.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Welcome to the basement

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 2 points 1 day ago

"Mr. xxce2AAb, are you home?"

"Uh... No!"

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[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

walk fast, carry stickers

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