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We really need legislation in the IOT space (Internet of things).
— Mark Kern (@Grummz) August 28, 2019
Alexa, smart doorbells, Nest thermostats...all have the ability to monitor you in very deep ways. There are no rules as to what companies can do, or when they can do it.
This has to stop. https://t.co/nCGYTY1Iys
After months of dogged reporting met with stonewalling, Ring released the number of police partnerships it has around the country (401!). That it took so long to understand which tax-payer funded PDs were partnering with a private company is pathetic. https://t.co/HBqrJL65Pf
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) August 28, 2019
The type of work Giz, CNET and Motherboard have been doing is expensive, if you didn't know. Transparency may be the law, but it isn't free. Most police departments are charging ~$25/hr to produce records. Some want huge deposits. An average citizen can't afford this sunshine.
— dell cameron (@dellcam) August 28, 2019
“The partnerships let police automatically request the video recorded by homeowners’ cameras within a specific time and area, helping officers see footage from the company’s millions of Internet-connected cameras installed nationwide, the company said.“ https://t.co/WSBEQArEwa
— The Warax. ?? (@iAmTheWarax) August 28, 2019
Ring is an excellent tool for people who like to shake their fists ineffectually at the thieves who take the packages they insist on having dropped on their doorsteps. https://t.co/bRlLw8HE7q
— Amy Argetsinger (@AmyArgetsinger) August 28, 2019
Amazon’s Ring has created a massive face recognition surveillance network, easily accessible to hundreds of police departments.
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 28, 2019
Big Brother is watching — right at our front doors. https://t.co/WVfHup2oew
"Amazon acquired the trendy smart doorbell company and turned it into a panopticon police state nightmare tool" is some premium 2019 action. https://t.co/VKlSJ3MC3Y
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) August 28, 2019
this article is a black mirror episode https://t.co/nT8ogbq7UT
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) August 28, 2019
Ring just posted its blog post with its own map of police partnerships. When @drewharwell published his piece today, it was 401 PDs.
— alfred ? (@alfredwkng) August 28, 2019
It's already at 405 now: https://t.co/2V8RQeuIXY
By the time I got my hands on a police email citing "400 partnerships" the number prob would've been outdated for months. It's awesome @drewharwell was able to get and report that so we have a real-time understanding of this company's size and reach. https://t.co/43dPdrCshV
— dell cameron (@dellcam) August 28, 2019
Ring announcing this number is a testament to @carolineha_ @alfredwkng @dellcam and others who had to go police department by police department demanding to know if they had a relationship with Ring.
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) August 28, 2019
New: The doorbell-camera company Ring has forged partnerships with more than 400 police agencies across the U.S. “If the police demanded every citizen put a camera at their door and give officers access to it, we might all recoil," one law professor said https://t.co/db4w8nDzey pic.twitter.com/GsTeRDBs90
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) August 28, 2019
It's been a question many of us have been asking for months: How widespread is Ring's police network? Now we know. Use the map here to see if your local officers are involved (and please DM me if you've gotten a request!): https://t.co/zcEKhEtGwm
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) August 28, 2019
The doorbell-camera company Ring — owned by Amazon — has quietly forged video-sharing partnerships w/more than 400 police forces, granting them access to homeowners’ footage and a powerful role in what the company calls America’s “new neighborhood watch.” https://t.co/4RVbii7X0s
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 28, 2019
Wondering if a law enforcement agency near you has partnered with Amazon Ring, which lets police automatically request some homeowner videos?
— EFF (@EFF) August 28, 2019
There's now a map of each partnership: https://t.co/dhdZdktwWh
Just gonna leave this here...https://t.co/BDRNQ9YECx
— Fight for the Future (@fightfortheftr) August 28, 2019
“If the police demanded every citizen put a camera at their door and give officers access to it, we might all recoil..” https://t.co/OxFKcpFkeY
— One Ring (doorbell) to surveil them all... (@hypervisible) August 28, 2019
What a scoop. Your home cameras could be tapped by police. https://t.co/SwlJgxwYZW
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) August 28, 2019
After months of dogged reporting met with stonewalling, Ring released the number of police partnerships it has around the country (401!). That it took so long to understand which tax-payer funded PDs were partnering with a private company is pathetic. https://t.co/HBqrJL65Pf
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) August 28, 2019
Amazon’s Ring has created a massive face recognition surveillance network, easily accessible to hundreds of police departments.
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 28, 2019
Big Brother is watching — right at our front doors. https://t.co/WVfHup2oew
“Ring has offered discounts to cities and community groups that spend public or taxpayer-supported money on the cameras.” — https://t.co/o5EkoOscsA
— Ethan Marcotte (@beep) August 28, 2019
Here's the police video-request email Ring sends to users. Note the difference between the big "Share now" button and "Please unsubscribe" link. Also: "If you would like ... to make your neighborhood safer, this is a great opportunity." (Who could say no?) https://t.co/db4w8nDzey pic.twitter.com/Rv8ffccR2R
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) August 28, 2019
this article is a black mirror episode https://t.co/nT8ogbq7UT
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) August 28, 2019
Doorbell-camera firm Ring has partnered with 400 police forces, extending surveillance reach - SFGate https://t.co/VwXdlEnmy7
— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) August 28, 2019
what I wanna know is -- are our municipal facial recognition bans going to be able to counter this Amazon Ring and local police partnership? can we ban police using facial recognition for any reason, or are we just banning them buying their own equipment? https://t.co/xoxW8akFyY
— Alison Macrina (@flexlibris) August 28, 2019
Ring has partnered with 400 police forces https://t.co/eN9eOqx3rs
— ken montenegro (@kmontenegro) August 28, 2019
Ring has partnerships with at least 400 police departments. This is how mass surveillance spreads today: privately encouraged, motivated by profit, and with little transparency. @drewharwell https://t.co/d2Qs0ulVSE
— Elizabeth Joh (@elizabeth_joh) August 28, 2019
Doorbell-camera firm Ring has partnered with 400 police forces, extending surveillance reachhttps://t.co/n27BiSYbeU :|: The police are not your friends. Still.
— Samuel F. Reynolds (@sfreynolds) August 28, 2019
This is why I don’t want a smart home. I want the dumbest home possible. https://t.co/hJJSr7JcbS
— J. David McSwane (@davidmcswane) August 28, 2019
Thank you @sarahsholder & @citylab for this fair & balanced piece on @safebikelanes. You are absolutely right that we are filling a gap that our city governments have long ignored or have not been able to fill. We must continue to fight for safer streets. https://t.co/K8gH3urEr8
— Stephen Braitsch (@braitsch) August 28, 2019
it's government inaction -- on bike infrastructure, etc -- that's conscripted ppl into surveilling their fellow citizens through their smartphones. it may be government action that quells the need for them https://t.co/8jWxfHHlm8
— Sarah Holder (@sarahsholder) August 28, 2019
Drivers Beware: The Traffic Safety Reporting Apps Are Coming https://t.co/Q8TdseaKtJ
— Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) August 28, 2019
Police departments in 405 cities have “partnered” with Amazon Ring, allowing them to automatically request footage recorded by homeowners’ cameras. https://t.co/YSoOcrBkWD
— Ethan Marcotte (@beep) August 28, 2019
New: Ring has finally disclosed the total number of police partnerships (405 and rising) after months of reporting from CNET, @dellcam and @carolineha_
— alfred ? (@alfredwkng) August 28, 2019
Privacy advocates said the map shows that Ring-police partnerships are expanding at an alarming rate:https://t.co/O0XgeoTr7E
Amazon's Ring reveals 405 cities where police tap into its cameras - CNET https://t.co/a4FjtGE0rf
— Gamer Geek (@GamerGeekNews) August 28, 2019
This is all bad https://t.co/cbaqpkUaaB
— Guy McHendry (@acaguy) August 28, 2019
Do not install a fucking cop surveillance system on your front doors, okay? https://t.co/PrPPH6y3sq
— so very tired ↙↙↙ (?-ish) (@mcgrinnley) August 28, 2019
...just some recent reporting about Ring, a thriving tech company owned by Amazon...
— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) August 29, 2019
via @carolineha_ , @dellcam, and @drewharwell https://t.co/c5ce9QqUCqhttps://t.co/tknSJOSYCjhttps://t.co/sj3V2nhKoFhttps://t.co/3BOj7RYqSI pic.twitter.com/OD99oztnkv
Ring, Amazon's doorbell-camera firm, partnered with 400 police depts, raising surveillance concerns-Washington Post https://t.co/MtAAeUaW7l
— Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz) August 29, 2019
BREAKING: The @washingtonpost has learned that Amazon @Ring has entered into more than 400 partnerships with police departments across the US. Nearly double what was previously reported. "It’s a business model based in paranoia” @evan_greer https://t.co/BDRNQ9YECx by @drewharwell
— Fight for the Future (@fightfortheftr) August 28, 2019
“It’s a privately run surveillance dragnet built outside the democratic process, but they’re marketing it as just another product, just another app.” https://t.co/FeJn93FPzF
— Rachel Barnhart (@rachbarnhart) August 29, 2019
Amazon's door-bell company Ring has video-sharing agreements with 400 police departments across the US, providing them access to 1000s of video feeds. Ring also has a companion "neighborhood watch app." https://t.co/oeQemN5bz1
— Nick Encalada-Malinowski (@nwmalinowski) August 29, 2019
Ring, the doorbell-camera firm, has partnered with 400 police forces, extending surveillance reach - The Washington Post https://t.co/oOHM8m7ElS
— Christopher Peguero (@christopherpeg5) August 28, 2019
Citizen spying is making a comeback - thanks to @amazon Ring ?https://t.co/zDB8koRDoi
— Big Brother Watch (@bbw1984) August 29, 2019
#Amazon is now your eyes. Partnership with 400 police depts brings a full package of surveillance tech to your front door @mediajustice @ConMijente @stoplapdspying https://t.co/WFcDAui0C6
— James Kilgore (@waazn1) August 28, 2019
Doorbell-camera firm Ring has partnered with 400 police forces, extending surveillance concerns https://t.co/0SCR5Z5jGj
— blmohr (@blmohr) August 29, 2019
.@carolineha_ has been asking Ring every single day for three months how many police partnerships it has and it has refused to say; maybe it saw a friendlier PR opportunity in the Amazon-owned Washington Post who knows https://t.co/R6JhvRtYQB
— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) August 28, 2019
Well of course they would! Doorbell-camera firm Ring has partnered with 400 police forces, extending surveillance concerns https://t.co/TTb7Qb4Pkf
— Hessie Jones (@hessiejones) August 28, 2019
I personally believe this type of sharing should be banned until there are firm standard for “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” or “Who watches the watchers”.
— Christopher Allen (@ChristopherA) August 29, 2019
I’m a big fan of my local police force, but I’ve also lived places where that was not true. https://t.co/IAkNJfjuMW
Whoa. Full of distressing possibilities. Are any social scientists, who care about social issues, involved? They're working of facial recognition and identifying emotion like fear, will it be accurate for non-white people? https://t.co/bIkI6OCl2y
— Ivy Onyeador (@Ivuoma) August 29, 2019
Ring is building its network of law enforcement partners. Is there a reason for concern?
— Adweek (@Adweek) August 28, 2019
The ACLU says yes. https://t.co/EOeNifyYU4
Drivers Beware: The Traffic Safety Reporting Apps Are Coming https://t.co/fgkEPjdvyN
— (((Matthew Lewis))) (@mateosfo) August 29, 2019
The ever excellent @sarahsholder wrangles with an uncomfortable question about bike lane reporting apps in the broader urban panopticon: What if the law enforcement uses them for targeting vulnerable people in ways the app creators never intended?https://t.co/eyaDChIJs1
— Andrew Small ? (@asmall_word) August 28, 2019
The downside of citizen-reporting technologies.https://t.co/PqLB2XxeOd
— Kathleen A. Flynn (@flynnkaNYT) August 28, 2019
As of this morning: 405 police departments in the US. (The closest to me: Wellesley and Needham, Mass.)
— Jonathan Skillings (@jeskillings) August 28, 2019
"It is not our imagination that this has exploded recently," says an @EFF researcherhttps://t.co/zOopNAmSho via @CNET
You can now find out if Amazon's #Ring has partnered with your local police https://t.co/dWPVJwgkm8 via @CNET
— Abeba Birhane (@Abebab) August 29, 2019
Police no longer need a warrant. All they need is access to your Amazon account. https://t.co/0DMH6496pU
— Dwayne Daughtry (@DwayneDaughtry) August 29, 2019
Amazon-owned Ring, maker of security cameras for homes, has quietly partnered with 400+ police agencies to provide them easy access to customers & their videos. After much press, Ring released the list of PDs. Includes huge departments, like the LAPD. https://t.co/KZrgVdm7Fm
— Mohammad Tajsar (@mtajsar) August 28, 2019
Do you have a Ring doorbell?
— Jennifer Bellamy (@JBellamyTV) August 28, 2019
The company is working with more than 405 police forces across the country to give officers access to camera footage during investigations.
Find out if it's happening in your community here: https://t.co/hVTmw1PDXuhttps://t.co/lvpDssdURV
Tried to warn y'all. Nobody listen to meeee https://t.co/fUZY1owLr0
— Loganopolis (@Loganopterix) August 28, 2019