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Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement (arstechnica.com)
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Law enforcement agencies will soon have easier access to footage captured by Amazon’s Ring smart cameras. In a partnership announced this week, Amazon will allow approximately 5,000 local law enforcement agencies to request access to Ring camera footage via surveillance platforms from Flock Safety. Ring cooperating with law enforcement and the reported use of Flock technologies by federal agencies, including US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has resurfaced privacy concerns that have followed the devices for years.

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[–] fletcher_bosom@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Is there a legal opt-out? Tends of thousands of people bought Ring cameras at significant expense, and empowering the Gestapo wasn't part of the deal at the time of purchase. This smells like a class-action lawsuit.

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are there any knockoffs that aren't cops?

I'd like to have one simply for the utility. But I don't trust large American tech companies.