{"id":266838,"date":"2021-06-04T19:31:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T16:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ring-to-make-police-video-requests-public-as-long-as-you-give-amazon-your-data\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T19:31:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T16:31:15","slug":"ring-to-make-police-video-requests-public-as-long-as-you-give-amazon-your-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ring-to-make-police-video-requests-public-as-long-as-you-give-amazon-your-data\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ring to make police video requests public \u2013 as long as you give Amazon your data"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Ring to make police video requests public \u2013 as long as you give Amazon your data<\/strong>”
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Amazon yesterday announced<\/a> its \u2018Neighbors by Ring\u2018 app<\/a> would make police video requests \u201cpublic\u201d going forward. That would be really cool, if it were true.<\/p>\n

Up front:<\/strong> Amazon purchased Ring for $2 billion a few years back. The company sells doorbells with cameras installed that offer owners the peace of mind that comes with having 24\/7 surveillance on their property.<\/p>\n

The big sell is that it\u2019ll help keep your community safe and protect your precious Amazon deliveries from being stolen.<\/p>\n

Amazon keeps all the videos and data related to your Ring account and partners with law enforcement agencies to allow officers to reach out to people using the \u2018Neighbors by Ring\u2018 app to request video evidence and information.<\/p>\n

The big deal:<\/strong> On the surface this sounds awesome. If someone commits a crime in your neighborhood and everyone has a Ring doorbell installed, there\u2019s a pretty good chance someone\u2019s surveillance system caught something.<\/p>\n

But the reality of surveillance is entirely different. There are literally hundreds of studies and thousands of cautionary tales that have been written about the dangers of surveillance.<\/p>\n

And Ring is arguably more dangerous than any other kind of surveillance system because it invades our homes.<\/p>\n

The big problem:<\/strong> If you want<\/i> Amazon to conduct 24\/7 surveillance on you, your family, and your neighbors all you have to do is buy a Ring camera and install the Neighbors app. <\/span><\/p>\n

But if you <\/span>do not\u00a0want<\/i> Amazon to conduct 24\/7 surveillance on you, your family, and your neighbors, there\u2019s absolutely no way for you to opt out. <\/span><\/p>\n

Simply put: if your neighbor has a Ring camera and your home, yard, garage, or car is in its typical FOV, Amazon is spying on you without your permission and there\u2019s nothing you can do about it. If you drive past a Ring camera on your way to work, Amazon has that video. If you drive past 10, Amazon has 10 videos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday, Amazon said it would make all police requests for videos and data \u201cpublic,\u201d but that appears to just be another ploy to get user data. <\/span><\/p>\n

You cannot access the \u201cpublic\u201d police data requests unless you sign up for the Neighbors app by Ring. And you can\u2019t use the app unless you create an account. And, per Amazon, you\u2019re legally obligated to provide the company with your real name and identity \u2013 meanwhile, for obvious reasons, the app doesn\u2019t work unless it has your location. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the relevant passage from the app\u2019s TOS<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

You promise to provide us with accurate, complete, and up-to-date registration information about yourself. You may not select as your User ID a name that you do not have the right to use, or the name of another person with the intention of impersonating that person.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Other interesting tidbits in the TOS include notification that use of the app constitutes waiving your right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class-action lawsuit and agreeing that any video recorded retains your sole property and any legal issues stemming from the data obtained by Amazon and Ring is your sole responsibility, but the company has full, irrevocable legal use of your data in perpetuity.<\/p>\n

Bottom line:<\/strong> If you don\u2019t use the app, you can\u2019t opt out of the Ring network. And if you don\u2019t give Amazon your location data you can\u2019t see how police are using the app.<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s Ring system represents a clear and targeted threat to privacy. The false transparency of making police requests \u201cpublic\u201d for app users doesn\u2019t change that.<\/p>\n

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