by Caroline Haskins Dec 3 2019, 3:59pm How Ring Went From ‘Shark Tank’ Reject to America’s Scariest Surveillance Company Amazon's Ring started from humble roots as a smart doorbell company called "DoorBot." Now it's surveilling the suburbs and partnering withpolice. This is the first of a three-part series, where we’ll explore how Ring
On Friday, December 6, 2019, 12:52:01 AM PST, grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmjp53/how-ring-went-from-shark-tank-reje... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21705982 transformed from start-up pitch to the technology powering Amazon's privatized surveillance network throughout the United States. When police partner with Ring, they are required to promote its products, and to allow Ring to approve everything they say about the company. In exchange, they get access to Ring’s Law Enforcement Neighborhood Portal, an interactive map that allows police to request camera footage directly from residents without obtaining a warrant. Interesting rhetorical question: Could/Is this system set up to allow the owner of the camera to have absolute veto power over whether that camera's output can be used in an investigation and/or prosecution? Or perhaps even more, veto power over the use of that information against specific people being prosecuted, and not others? Jim Bell