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Dan Gillmor
Dan Gillmor
@dangillmor@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

If you have a Ring (Amazon) camera, you are -- or will become -- a tool of the surveillance state. Is that really what you want to be?

https://www.404media.co/with-ring-american-consumers-built-a-surveillance-dragnet/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter&attribution_id=698b47cbe724d10001786209&attribution_type=post

404 Media

With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet

Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
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Parker Savage
Parker Savage
@Parkersavage@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@dangillmor someone needs to figure out how to jailbreak ring doorbells

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HTPC NZ
HTPC NZ
@htpcnz@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@dangillmor unfortunately when stupid neighbours install multiple of these crap... So sick of hearing "You are currently being recorded" loudly day & night. Only hope is Jeff gets more greedy and make them obsolete or make the subscription costs go through the roof.

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Lenora
Lenora
@FaithinBones@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@dangillmor that's why I don't own one.

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Flora and Fungi
Flora and Fungi
@FloraFunghi@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@dangillmor I wonder if we have to worry about other ring type cameras too or just Ring camera... a member of my household just bought an offbrand one...

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Patrick
Patrick
@lordkhan@social.cologne replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@dangillmor thanks for sharing! I thought I was the only one who was scared about this ad. Combined with Tesla camera surveillance this is a wonderful toolset for any authoritarian government.

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aimee
aimee
@aimee@mastodon.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@dangillmor it was my IMMEDIATE thought, much as the doggo thing is cute (ans very clever cutewashing).

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(roll m3tti)
(roll m3tti)
@m3tti@functional.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@dangillmor who would have see that coming with all this convenient tools and technologies from all this "don't be evil" rougecapitalist companies.

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Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor
Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor
@PamelaBarroway@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

@dangillmor This eventuality is exactly why I researched and purchased a Eufy instead of Ring. Eufy records locally, not the cloud, on a continuous loop that overwrites itself about every 90 days.

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xs4me2
xs4me2
@xs4me2@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

@dangillmor

What could possibly go wrong…

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