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Amazon’s Ring is rolling out “Familiar Faces,” an opt-in facial-recognition tool that catalogs up to 50 known visitors 🚪 Amazon says data is encrypted, but past law-enforcement partnerships and security issues raise concerns about biometric handling 🔒 🔗

TechCrunch

Amazon's Ring rolls out controversial, AI-powered facial-recognition feature to video doorbells | TechCrunch

The feature lets you identify the people who regularly come to your door by creating a catalog of up to 50 faces. The company says the Ring feature...

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Smart TVs use ACR to track what you watch, sending screenshots and device data for targeted ads 📺 Turning it off on Samsung, LG, Sony, Hisense, and TCL requires digging through menus but reduces profiling 🔧 Less data shared means fewer risks tied to ad networks and third-party access 🔒 🔗

ZDNET

How to disable ACR on your TV (and why you should do it ASAP)

Your Samsung, LG, and even Sony TV comes with privacy risks. Here's how to avoid one of the biggest with just a few steps.

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