Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to...

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to request footage directly from Ring users, it is also introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-st

  • chaosCruiser@futurology.todayEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Not too long ago, that statement would have sounded controversial or even crazy. Nowadays though, I’m shocked how much sense it makes to me. Never thought that I would agree with something like that.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
      222·
      4 days ago

      Yeah. It’s crazy. I would choose neither because I can DIY something secure but for non-technical folks in North America today, the Chinese gov’t having your video is safer than a private US corporation. I didn’t imagone I could make this judgement back in 2022.