{"id":1533,"date":"2021-05-18T10:48:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T08:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/18\/amazons-ring-is-the-largest-civilian-surveillance-network-the-us-has-ever-seen-lauren-bridges\/"},"modified":"2021-05-18T10:48:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T08:48:15","slug":"amazons-ring-is-the-largest-civilian-surveillance-network-the-us-has-ever-seen-lauren-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/18\/amazons-ring-is-the-largest-civilian-surveillance-network-the-us-has-ever-seen-lauren-bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s Ring is the largest civilian surveillance network the US has ever seen | Lauren Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One in 10 US police departments can now access videos from millions of privately-owned home security cameras without a warrant<\/p>\n<p>In a 2020 letter to management, Max Eliaser, an <a href=\"https:\/\/amazonemployees4climatejustice.medium.com\/amazon-employees-share-our-views-on-company-business-f5abcdea849\">Amazon software engineer<\/a>, said Ring is \u201csimply not compatible with a free society\u201d. We should take his claim seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Ring video doorbells, Amazon\u2019s signature home security product, pose a serious threat to a free and democratic society. Not only is Ring\u2019s surveillance network spreading rapidly, it is extending the reach of law enforcement into private property and expanding the surveillance of everyday life. What\u2019s more, once Ring users agree to release video content to law enforcement, there is no way to revoke access and few limitations on how that content can be used, stored, and with whom it can be shared.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/may\/18\/amazon-ring-largest-civilian-surveillance-network-us\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b4acdc063d3c5316a00d3833482d8ba6226739ec\/83_0_4179_2509\/master\/4179.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=337eb9dd0dd59a7a23cd2071ae3f5858\" title=\"Amazon\u2019s Ring is the largest civilian surveillance network the US has ever seen | Lauren Bridges\" \/>One in 10 US police departments can now access videos from millions of privately-owned home security cameras without a warrant<br \/>\nIn a 2020 letter to management, Max Eliaser, an Amazon software engineer, said Ring is \u201csimply not compatible with a free society\u201d. We should take his claim seriously.<br \/>\nRing video doorbells, Amazon\u2019s signature home security product, pose a serious threat to a free and democratic society. Not only is Ring\u2019s surveillance network spreading rapidly, it is extending the reach of law enforcement into private property and expanding the surveillance of everyday life. What\u2019s more, once Ring users agree to release video content to law enforcement, there is no way to revoke access and few limitations on how that content can be used, stored, and with whom it can be shared. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One in 10 US police departments can now access videos from millions of privately-owned home security cameras without a warrant In a 2020 letter to management, Max Eliaser, an Amazon software engineer, said Ring is \u201csimply not compatible with a free society\u201d. We should take his claim seriously. Ring video doorbells, Amazon\u2019s signature home security &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/18\/amazons-ring-is-the-largest-civilian-surveillance-network-the-us-has-ever-seen-lauren-bridges\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amazon\u2019s Ring is the largest civilian surveillance network the US has ever seen | Lauren Bridges<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}