Sen. Markey Raises Privacy Concerns About Amazon-Police Surveillance Partnerships
Surveillance partnerships between hundreds of police departments and Amazon’s internet-connected doorbell company Ring raise “considerable privacy and civil liberty risks,” Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., wrote Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Thursday. Police reportedly can access video footage from Ring products with…
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user consent. Markey has particular concerns about the company and police using face-scanning technology to flag unsuspecting individuals as suspicious. Amazon didn’t comment.