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sabreW4K3 ( sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al )  to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year ago

Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance

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Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance

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sabreW4K3 ( sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al )  to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year ago
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Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to...
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  • Onomatopoeia ( Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ) 
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    You just noticed? It’s been that way from the start

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    https://youtube.com/watch?v=eZjOdAIqgzU

    Here’s a pretty decent video format explanation of just how fucked all of this is, in the US.

    (Not exactly the same details and focus as the EFF article, but very similar)

  • Chakravanti ( Chakravanti@monero.town ) Banned
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    Frontier installs a Ring snitch on every one of their customers. Not at your door. On your modem. Inside. On you.

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    Which is why I went with a Chinese empire brand, TP-Link rather than an American one. I’d rather the CCP hav my data than the US.

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      I’d rather the CCP hav my data than the US.

      Most of these are pointed at neighbors’ houses, public sidewalks, and streets. So we’re not talking about a Ring owner’s data, but non-consensual surveillance of other people.

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