Neighbourhood Watch: The growing unease around smart doorbells
Summary
This article examines the growing privacy backlash around Amazon Ring’s smart doorbells and their AI-driven features. It focuses on Search Party, a new feature that uses nearby Ring devices to scan for lost dogs, and the controversy it sparked over surveillance and consent. It also covers Ring’s Familiar Faces facial recognition feature and the legal scrutiny surrounding biometric data collection. The piece places these issues in the broader context of regulation in the EU and the expanding role of networked consumer security devices.
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