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by coredog64 355 days ago
It’s right there in the second paragraph of the WaPo(!) story that Ring owners opt in and can decline to share data.

Does Rekognition perform poorly? Maybe it does, but it’s a best effort service, not a police officer in a box. That AWS was shamed into not selling it to law enforcement doesn’t mean law enforcement won’t have access to facial recognition, only that the vendor they choose isn’t capable of being embarrassed by bad PR.
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Aloisius 355 days ago
Yes. That made me scratch my head. It also says explicitly that no real-time feeds were available. It appears the program just let police contact owners to request video. Never mind that program was discontinued last year.

I can only assume the author didn't think anyone would read the links they provided.

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alwa 355 days ago
My favorite part:

"Amazon only stopped for PR reasons at the start of the George Floyd protests, and even then they only issued a “one-year moratorium.” This has since been extended indefinitely, but frankly that doesn’t matter."

So he's... blaming them... for doing what he wishes they would do?

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