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Concerns raised over Ring's relationship with law enforcement and potential for racial profiling (www.wired.com)

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They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Haus I'm less concerned about the potential for homeowner's mis-use and much more concerned about that data being outside the control of the person who installed it. Personally, I like my smart home stuff to be self-hosted and self-contained and if I ever choose to share it that will be 100% my choice.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly. It's why I set up a mycroft.ai server instead of alexa or whatever from amazon.

also, Ring is known to not necessarily require subpena's before they give LEO's access what really should be "your" data. Given the way things are going in certain parts of the country.... BE AFRAID.

the way Ring is set up, those cameras are more likely to cause you harm (by providing evidence against you. without you ever knowning) than they are to deter or stop a porch pirate or whatever it is you're concerned about.