gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAfter police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocencecoloradosun.comexternal-linkmessage-square148linkfedilinkarrow-up1816arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1804arrow-down1external-linkAfter police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocencecoloradosun.comgAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square148linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up137arrow-down1·1 month agoWorth noting that Ring has announced a partnership with Flock. https://www.cnet.com/home/security/amazons-ring-cameras-push-deeper-into-police-and-government-surveillance/ So if you’re in the Ring ecosystem, maybe time to re-consider.
minus-squaresupernight52@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70arrow-down1·1 month agolol it’s literally an Amazon business. Should have been time to reconsider when Bezos loudly said that Ring footage can be used for anything they want.
minus-squaremanxu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down1·1 month agoSo many reasons to re-consider.
minus-squareSabinStargem@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI am stuck in a residence where the owner doesn’t consider surveillance to be a threat model. It sucks.
minus-squareTyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoProblem isn’t your own use, it’s everyone using them, as a network of real time surveillance cameras at the beck and call of corpo terrorists
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoDefinitely. You’re giving the surveilance state placement though.
Worth noting that Ring has announced a partnership with Flock.
https://www.cnet.com/home/security/amazons-ring-cameras-push-deeper-into-police-and-government-surveillance/
So if you’re in the Ring ecosystem, maybe time to re-consider.
lol it’s literally an Amazon business. Should have been time to reconsider when Bezos loudly said that Ring footage can be used for anything they want.
So many reasons to re-consider.
I am stuck in a residence where the owner doesn’t consider surveillance to be a threat model. It sucks.
Problem isn’t your own use, it’s everyone using them, as a network of real time surveillance cameras at the beck and call of corpo terrorists
Definitely. You’re giving the surveilance state placement though.