Snitch City - Amazon Turns Ring Cameras Into Police Surveillance Dragnet

Technocracy News & Trends for Thursday, November 7, 2019

Several weeks ago it was reported that over 400 law enforcement agencies had partnered with Amazon’s Ring Camera. Ring distributes a free app called the Neighbors App that Ring owners use to store video images in the cloud. Amazon has now bonded its Neighbor’s app with police agencies to effectively turn private homeowners into snitches for the police. 

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