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Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance (www.eff.org)
submitted 10 months 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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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes. :D

And in capitalism right now there's no obvious way to reverse the trend. That said, if the critical theory of capitalism (and history) holds any water, the victory is very likely to be temporary, followed by mass unrest and significant change. What kind of change is not so clear but we may have a say if we're educated enough and organized, so at least we know who to support when the time comes.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah we're definitely playing on hardcore mode. There are some reasons for optimism though. A lot of people who wouldn't think about these things a few years ago are talking about class. I'm talking regular peope I know. These issues were just not on our horizon until recently. They see things very differently than they used to. That's the hopium I'm huffing. 😄

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