3+ week, 2+ day ago   (911+ words) Walmart has been accused of secretly converting Illinois customers’ telephone calls into biometric voiceprints, using AI to recognize callers and analyze their behavior without obtaining the written consent required by state law. The proposed class action lawsuit was filed Tuesday…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1028+ words) Amazon and its Ring home security subsidiary have been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the company of collecting and retaining facial recognition data from visitors, delivery workers, neighbors, and passersby without their consent through Ring’s new “Familiar…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (981+ words) The Ring home security ecosystem is at the center of a privacy and surveillance debate after internal communications, a controversial Super Bowl ad, and evolving business partnerships exposed ambitious plans to extend its AI-powered Search Party feature beyond locating lost…...

6+ mon, 2+ week 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…...

8+ mon, 2+ week 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,…...

10+ mon, 1+ 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…...