Below are posts associated with the “Ring” tag.
🔗 linkblog: Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
Who could possibly have predicted this?
🔗 linkblog: With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring sucks and is creepy. Here’s the killer paragraph from this story;
Unlike, say, data analytics giant Palantir or some other high-profile surveillance companies, Ring is a surveillance network that homeowners have by and large deployed themselves, powered by fear mongering against our neighbors and unfettered consumerism.
🔗 linkblog: The Real Monsters of Street Level Surveillance'
This is cute, but also Ring doorbells are seriously the thing that scares me most on Halloween.
whose voices does ClassDojo prioritize?
This morning, I read an excellent piece by Lam Thuy Vo at The Markup expressing concern about how services like Amazon’s Ring cameras can distort police priorities and perpetuate bias. Here’s a good summary passage:
As a reporter, I’ve always been interested in systems that disadvantage some people—when it comes to policing, they are often Black or Latino—while prioritizing the wishes of a smaller, much more powerful subset—often affluent White folks.
🔗 linkblog: How Ring Cameras Have the Power to Perpetuate Bias to Police – The Markup'
Solid article right here.
🔗 linkblog: Amazon’s ‘Neighborhood Watch’ Might Be Turning Police Officers Into ‘Reddit Moderators’ – The Markup'
Public-private surveillance is the worst of both worlds. Ring is creepy.
🔗 linkblog: Why We Don’t Recommend Ring Cameras | WIRED'
Hear hear. Ring is a creepy company, and we shouldn’t support them.
🔗 linkblog: Neighborhood Watch Out: Cops Are Incorporating Private Cameras Into Their Real-Time Surveillance Networks | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
This sounds worrying to me. Surveillance can and will be abused, and we should be wary about embracing it on this scale.
🔗 linkblog: ‘Ring Nation’ Is a Terrible Idea That’s Unstoppable Because Amazon Owns Everything'
I missed the vertical integration aspect of this in earlier reporting I’ve read. It makes this story even worse.
🔗 linkblog: Dozens of civil rights groups are calling on Amazon and MGM to cancel Ring Nation reality show - The Verge'
This is a gross idea for a TV show, and I’m glad people are pushing back against it.
🔗 linkblog: 'Ring Nation' Is Amazon's Reality Show for Our Surveillance Dystopia'
Such a bad idea. Normalizing Ring won’t make it any better—only worse.
🔗 linkblog: Amazon Admits Giving Police Ring Footage Without Consent'
It’s concerning to see private surveillance prop up public surveillance like this.
🔗 linkblog: Senator Declares Amazon Ring's Audio Surveillance Capabilities 'Threaten the Public' | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
I’ve been plenty spooked by Ring’s video capabilities, but apparently I haven’t been worried enough about its audio surveillance.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'My Neighbor’s Door Camera Faces My Apartment. Is That Legal? - The New York Times'
A great example of Ring cameras being gross.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Surveillance Startup Brings Police Tech to Neighborhoods - Bloomberg'
Nope nope nope nope. If plate readers are going to become more common, I’ve got to start biking more places. Not that that will protect against Ring. 🤮🤮🤮