{"id":2282,"date":"2025-10-18T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2025-10-18T10:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:02:55","slug":"user-generated-surveillance-ring-doorbells-gets-even-creepier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/2025\/10\/18\/user-generated-surveillance-ring-doorbells-gets-even-creepier\/","title":{"rendered":"User-generated surveillance: Ring doorbells gets even creepier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In yet another update to the Amazon Ring doorbell<\/a> series<\/a>, Ars Technica reports<\/a> that Amazon is now partnering with Flock Safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flock\u2019s payoff is \u201cShaping the Future of Safety, Together\u201d and touts itself<\/a> as :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At its core, Flock Safety is an American company \u2014 founded by American entrepreneurs, manufacturing U.S. products that help Americans stay safe and thrive. We believe that everyone has a right to feel safe in this country. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

On the side: quite the feat to cram 4 \u2018America first\u2019 maga dogwhistles in one sentence. The basic idea is that users are harnessed to assist in investigations, by voluntarily sharing their camera footage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to Flock\u2019s announcement, its Ring partnership allows local law enforcement members to use Flock software \u201cto send a direct post in the Ring Neighbors app with details about the investigation and request voluntary assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This partnership creates a nationwide US surveillance network that will inevitably be misused for overpolicing people of color, immigrants, and women having abortions, as described in the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to original article on Ars >><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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