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by heavyset_go
2098 days ago
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> mostly for marketing purposes, the fact that they can be abused by authorities for dragnet surveillance without (adequate) due process is just a "bonus". It's not just a bonus, it's a selling point. Not for normal consumers, but for law enforcement, and Amazon would like to keep the police surveillance use case secret[1]. From The Secret Scripts Amazon Gives to Cops to Promote Ring Surveillance Cameras[2]: > Documents obtained by Motherboard reveal that Ring provides 46 standardized comments that cops can post on social media, and several documents with scripted responses to possible questions from the public. [1] https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-ring-wants-police-to-keep-t... [2] https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjwea4/revealed-the-secre... |
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