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Not sure if ya'll have Ring cameras, but be aware they allow police to execute warrantless mass surveillance if you don't explicitly turn sharing off.

Posted by colin (aka colinski) Jun 5 '20, 10:58

the email that goes out at sign up has two options - share and share with my approval. there is a tiny line of text that basically says "get a warrant", but that option is not front and center.

Ring has partnered with over 400 police departments to get them to be Ring sales people to the community in exchange for mass surveillance.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/02/what-know-you-buy-or-install-your-amazon-ring-camera (www.eff.org)

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Hmm. Wonder if my Wyze camera in the front facing the street has any type of fine print. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 5, 11:01 4
- Of course it does. That is why I loathe those cameras in general. -- nm - Spawn Jun 5, 11:03 3
  - how else would I know what chubbers and oliver do all day while I work?? - amanda Jun 5, 11:05 2
    - Sorry, to clarify, I meant the outside cameras that go beyond the yard of the owner. -- nm - Spawn Jun 5, 11:06 1
      - ha ha like chubbers would ever go outside. carry on. -- nm - amanda Jun 5, 11:08

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Not sure if ya'll have Ring cameras, but be aware they allow police to execute warrantless mass surveillance if you don't explicitly turn sharing off.

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