Warning signs from posts on this blog > and a very recent as of last Thursday, June 17th in a Mesa City Council Study Session that the Mesa PD "has a relationship" with private companies
Recent reports show that Ring has partnered with police departments across the country to hawk this new surveillance system—going so far as to draft press statements and social media posts for police to promote Ring cameras
Amazon’s Ring Is a Perfect Storm of Privacy Threats
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"Doors across the United States are now fitted with Amazon’s Ring, a combination doorbell-security camera that records and transmits video straight to users’ phones, to Amazon’s cloud—and often to the local police department.
By sending photos and alerts every time the camera detects motion or someone rings the doorbell, the app can create an illusion of a household under siege. It turns what seems like a perfectly safe neighborhood into a source of anxiety and fear.
This raises the question: do you really need Ring, or have Amazon and the police misled you into thinking that you do?
Recent reports show that Ring has partnered with police departments across the country to hawk this new surveillance system—going so far as to draft press statements and social media posts for police to promote Ring cameras. This creates a vicious cycle in which police promote the adoption of Ring, Ring terrifies people into thinking their homes are in danger, and then Amazon sells more cameras. . . "
Go deeper > Electronic Frontier Foundation
Go deeper > Electronic Frontier Foundation
Police partnering with Ring are encouraged to conversate with its users, who are encouraged in turn to share “tips” about activity in their neighborhoods.
Police can follow posts and receive updates via email as new tips (or complaints) roll in.
Through its police partnerships, Ring has requested access to CAD, which includes information provided voluntarily by 911 callers, among other types of data automatically collected.
CAD data is typically compromised of details such as names, phone numbers, addresses, medical conditions and potentially other types of personally identifiable information, including, in some instances, GPS coordinates.
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03 September 2019
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1 One more report (following many earlier posts)
Amazon’s Ring is the largest civilian surveillance network the US has ever seen
Then there’s this: since Amazon bought Ring in 2018, it has brokered more than 1,800 partnerships with local law enforcement agencies, who can request recorded video content from Ring users without a warrant. That is, in as little as three years, Ring connected around one in 10 police departments across the US with the ability to access recorded content from millions of privately owned home security cameras. These partnerships are growing at an alarming rate. .
2 24 March 2020
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sa Police Department in The Spotlight Again > City Council "Study Session" @ 07:30 am Thu 06.17.2021
sa Police Department in The Spotlight Again > City Council "Study Session" @ 07:30 am Thu 06.17.2021
This starts off about 10 minutes into this Slide Show Presentation > Watch-and-Listen to what they have to about "a relationship" they have with Ring Door Bells + their Neighborhood Surveillance Networks
Official Meeting Details if you want take a look ahead of time
| On agenda: | 6/21/2021 |
| Attachments: | 1. Council Report |
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