Re:Amazon details its low-bandwidth Sidewalk neighborhood ne...
by heavyset_go on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:38AM
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> mostly for marketing purposes, the fact that they can be abused by authorities for dragnet surveillance without (adequate) due process is just a "bonus".
It's not just a bonus, it's a selling point. Not for normal consumers, but for law enforcement, and Amazon would like to keep the police surveillance use case secret[1].
From The Secret Scripts Amazon Gives to Cops to Promote Ring Surveillance Cameras[2]:
> Documents obtained by Motherboard reveal that Ring provides 46 standardized comments that cops can post on social media, and several documents with scripted responses to possible questions from the public.
It's not just a bonus, it's a selling point. Not for normal consumers, but for law enforcement, and Amazon would like to keep the police surveillance use case secret[1].
From The Secret Scripts Amazon Gives to Cops to Promote Ring Surveillance Cameras[2]:
> Documents obtained by Motherboard reveal that Ring provides 46 standardized comments that cops can post on social media, and several documents with scripted responses to possible questions from the public.
[1] https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-ring-wants-police-to-keep-t...
[2] https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjwea4/revealed-the-secre...