Gadgets Ring does not fight crime, say cops in 8 states whose PDs partnered with Amazon-owned home surveillance Xeni Jardin
illegal dumping Person with TV on their head caught on video leaving TVs on folks porches Jason Weisberger
surveillance Multiple Amazon employees have been fired for spying on Ring owners' cameras Cory Doctorow
surveillance Amazon used "security" to sell Ring doorbells, then blamed customers when hackers broke into them Cooper Quintin and Bill Budington
security Amazon's Ring surveillance doorbell leaks its customers' home addresses, linked to their doorbell videos Cory Doctorow
racism Amazon secretly planned to use facial recognition and Ring doorbells to create neighborhood "watch lists" Cory Doctorow
crime Girl kidnapped on street out of mother's arms, then rescued in dramatic hotel raid Rob Beschizza
security Ring: "We don't use facial recognition"; also Ring: "We have a head of facial recognition research" Cory Doctorow
amazon Prior to Amazon acquisition, Ring offered "swag" to customers who snitched on their neighbors Cory Doctorow
surveillance Amazon's surveillance doorbell marketers help cops get warrantless access to video footage from peoples' homes Cory Doctorow
Business Amazon's facial recognition fear crusade ramps up: now they're paying Facebook to show you pictures of suspected criminals to scare you into getting a surveillance doorbell Cory Doctorow
security Bad security design made it easy to spy on video from Ring doorbells and insert fake video into their feeds Cory Doctorow
