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Ring Super Bowl ad sparks backlash over AI camera surveillance
13+ hour, 16+ min ago (1186+ words) A Super Bowl commercial for Amazon's Ring doorbell camera triggered swift backlash, with critics arguing that the company used an emotional story about a lost dog to promote a neighborhood scale camera network while minimizing the broader privacy and civil…...
Ring faces new scrutiny as lawmaker warns of biometric surveillance crisis | Biometric Update
2+ mon, 15+ hour ago (1228+ words) U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey's long-running probe into Amazon's Ring surveillance doorbell system reached a new boiling point this week with fresh findings that lay bare deep structural gaps in the company's privacy protections. The latest disclosures, released this week by Markey,…...
Ring’s partnership with Flock raises privacy alarms | Biometric Update
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1113+ words) Under the deal, agencies that use Flock's Nova or FlockOS investigative platforms will soon be able to post Community Requests through Ring's Neighbors app, asking nearby residents to share doorbell footage relevant to an investigation. Each request includes a case…...