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AMAZON TURNED YOUR DOORBELL INTO A POLICE SURVEILLANCE WEAPON Amazon-owned Ring just quietly partnered with Flock - a license plate tracking system already used by police and ICE - meaning footage from your front door can now feed into nationwide surveillance networks. Did anyone actually agree to this?

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Yeah, I hear you 🤓 but I’m not only worrying about my own safety here as that would be air for sure. It’s more about how everyone thinks Ring Cameras are completely safe but here we are with another reality they haven’t even thought of yet. As someone that lives on the other side of the world, this is pretty concerning knowing that visuals are now accessible by another country’s Goverment agencies.
People are fine with it until they are impacted. You probably wouldn’t like it if they mailed you a ticket based on a minor traffic infraction caught on one of the cameras. What if your location history caught by a series of these cameras was leaked on the internet? A better system is for them to have to gain your consent prior to using the footage on a case by case basis.
Yes, everyone agreed when buying this. Ignorance and comfort are the enemy of a free society and free, sovereign individuals. There comes the Phrase "Naaaah I got nothing to hide (so I dont care)" Only the informed, wake once are able to counteract. The rest is asleep.