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Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance (www.eff.org)

submitted 2 days ago by drmoose@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to request footage directly from Ring users, it is also introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-st

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What? We can't make people read setup manual for 30minutes? Might as well stop living now because whats the point of our society if we are defeated by a pamphlet?

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Always has been and it falls on the ones that aren't defeated by the pamphlet to help the rest, since the labour of the rest allows the standard of life pamphlet interpreters enjoy. 😂