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FTC Orders Ring to Pay $5.8 Million in Refunds For Surveilling Customers, Failing to Stop Hackers
Ring previously allowed any employee to access customer’s private videos and failed to implement basic security mechanisms. Security issues raised by the FTC are ones Motherboard found during a 2019 hacking spree.
Ransomware Group Claims Hack of Amazon's Ring
The group is blackmailing Ring on its site: "There's always an option to let us leak your data," they posted.
Hackers Swatted Victims and Taunted Police Through Ring Doorbell Cameras
A pair of hackers swatted victims and taunted responding officers using the internet-connected cameras, prosecutors allege.
SF Mayor 'Wallpapered Over' Privacy Concerns About Police Access to Live Surveillance Cameras, Docs Show
While privacy groups sounded the alarm, SF Police lobbied for the policy and distributed talking points members of the public read aloud at a hearing.
Ring Cameras Are Going to Get More People Killed
Two Florida men allegedly shot at innocent woman 7 times after ring surveillance camera alerts, police say.
Ring Cameras Are Being Used to Control and Surveil Overworked Delivery Workers
A Data & Society report interviewed doorbell camera users and delivery drivers to understand how surveillance is affecting both, for the worse.
Users Are Building Their Own AI-Powered Alternatives to Amazon’s Ring Cameras
Tired of privacy violations and a lack of control, smart home fans are building their own AI-powered alternatives to Amazon’s surveillance empire.
‘Ring Nation’ Is a Terrible Idea That’s Unstoppable Because Amazon Owns Everything
Amazon owns Ring, MGM, and production company Big Fish Entertainment. It owns Prime Video, and has the support of police around the country. What can stop it?
'Ring Nation' Is Amazon's Reality Show for Our Surveillance Dystopia
Amazon's newest effort to normalize its surveillance network will feature footage from Ring surveillance cameras and commentary from comedian Wanda Sykes.
Dystopic TikTok Trend Demands Amazon Workers Dance for Surveillance Cameras
TikTok users leave a note for their delivery drivers asking that they dance for the camera. Then, they put it online for the enjoyment of strangers.
Terrifying Ring Camera Video Shows Cops Raiding Wrong Apartment at Gunpoint
The only people on the other side of the door were a terrified young mother and her three-month-old.