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“Ring’s new partnership with Flock shows that the company is more interested in contributing to mounting authoritarianism than servicing the specific needs of their customers,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @ArsTechnica.com. arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...

arstechnica.comRing cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcementAmazon’s Ring partners with company whose tech has reportedly been used by ICE.

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History will look back on survialance capitalism and ask why did we let this happen,why didn't heads roll for this? and how did we endure? This is survialance and should never be confused with security.

All valid concerns. However, it is claimed as voluntarily responding to a share request from law enforcement. Ring users can do that now via export. What I don't trust is that it REMAINS completely voluntary, facial recognition, and that it seems to be turned-on by default.