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Ring sued by man who claims camera was hacked and used to harass his kids - 28 décembre 2019
Lawsuit, which lists seven similar hacking incidents, argues that the camera systems are ‘fatally flawed’
A man in Alabama is suing the Amazon-owned home security company Ring, claiming his internet-connected camera was hacked and used to harass his children.
Ring user John Baker Orange purchased a Ring camera in (...)
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Ring hackers are reportedly watching and talking to strangers via in-home cameras - 16 décembre 2019
Hackers are using two-way talk function to wake people up in the middle of the night and watch unsuspecting children
Hackers are tapping in to cameras intended for home security, talking to children through the devices and even dropping racist remarks, according to multiple news reports. The intended purpose of a (...)
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Police can keep Ring camera video forever and share with whomever they’d like, Amazon tells senator - 12 décembre 2019
Police officers who download videos captured by homeowners’ Ring doorbell cameras can keep them forever and share them with whomever they’d like without providing evidence of a crime, the Amazon-owned firm told a lawmaker this month.
More than 600 police forces across the country have entered into partnerships with (...)
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The doorbells have eyes : The privacy battle brewing over home security cameras - 12 décembre 2019
Police want to register — and even subsidize — private security cameras. That’s just the start of the ethical challenges ahead.
Ding-dong, your doorbell is looking a bit creepy.
Ring video doorbells, Nest Hello and other connected security cameras are the fastest-growing home improvement gadgets since garage-door (...)
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Amazon : aux Etats-Unis, les vidéos des sonnettes Ring peuvent être gardées indéfiniment par la police - 11 décembre 2019
A la demande de policiers dont les bureaux ont établi un partenariat avec Amazon, les particuliers américains peuvent partager les vidéos de leurs sonnettes et caméras connectées Ring. Un porte-parole d’Amazon en a précisé les conditions.
Amazon a vendu des millions de sonnettes connectées de la marque Ring aux (...)
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Ring’s Hidden Data Let Us Map Amazon’s Sprawling Home Surveillance Network - 10 décembre 2019
As reporters raced this summer to bring new details of Ring’s law enforcement contracts to light, the home security company, acquired last year by Amazon for a whopping $1 billion, strove to underscore the privacy it had pledged to provide users.
Even as its creeping objective of ensuring an ever-expanding network (...)
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Prime Mover : How Amazon Wove Itself Into the Life of an American City - 30 novembre 2019
For most people, it’s the click that brings a package to their door. But a look at Baltimore shows how Amazon may now reach into Americans’ daily existence in more ways than any corporation in history.
BALTIMORE — Another big Prime Air 767 takes off from Baltimore-Washington International Airport — where Amazon’s (...)
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Amazon’s Ring Planned Neighborhood “Watch Lists” Built on Facial Recognition - 28 novembre 2019
Ring, Amazon’s crimefighting surveillance camera division, has crafted plans to use facial recognition software and its ever-expanding network of home security cameras to create AI-enabled neighborhood “watch lists,” according to internal documents reviewed by The Intercept.
The planning materials envision a (...)
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Senators Press Amazon for Answers on Ring’s Sloppy Security Practices - 20 novembre 2019
This past year has been chock full of uncomfortable revelations about Ring, the surveillance social network and home security hardware company acquired by Amazon for a reported $800 million, including reports of potentially disastrous internal security practices, an apparent disregard for user privacy, and wave (...)
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Stockage de données top secret, reconnaissance faciale… Le business sécuritaire d’Amazon - 13 novembre 2019
Le géant de l’e-commerce est devenu un acteur majeur et controversé du secteur de la défense et de la sécurité, grâce à sa filiale d’hébergement de données ou ses visiophones connectés.
Cette expérience a été, pour nous, rien de moins qu’une transformation. » Sur scène, devant 10 000 personnes conviées à un événement organisé (...)
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Working Together for Safer Neighborhoods : Introducing the Neighbors Active Law Enforcement Map - 2 novembre 2019
At Ring, we believe that when communities work together, safer neighborhoods become a reality"”that’s why we created the Neighbors app"”we wanted to easily facilitate conversations around crime and safety among all members of the community, and we invited local law enforcement agencies to contribute to those (...)
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La ville numérique est-elle vraiment intelligente"‰ ? Épisode 2 - Le marché de l’innovation de la surveillance des comportements - 2 novembre 2019
La ville intelligente serait celle qui a des yeux et des oreilles. Un regard qui s’infiltre jusque sous nos portes de maisons, des oreilles posées sur les trottoirs, dans les écoles ou sous les lits de nos chambres d’étudiants. Les entreprises rivalisent d’idées pour vendre aux élus leurs rêves de villes connectées, (...)
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Visiophones Ring d’Amazon : les partenariats avec la police américaine inquiètent - 1er septembre 2019
Plus de 400 services de police travaillent avec Ring, une filiale d’Amazon qui produit et vend des visiophones connectés. Leurs images sont précieuses pour les forces de l’ordre, mais dangereuses pour les libertés, estiment les détracteurs du programme.
Les visiophones ne servent plus seulement à s’enquérir de (...)
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Five Concerns about Amazon Ring’s Deals with Police - 1er septembre 2019
More than 400 police departments across the country have partnered with Ring, tech giant Amazon’s "smart" doorbell program, to create a troubling new video surveillance system. Ring films and records any interaction or movement happening at the user’s front door, and alerts users’ phones. These partnerships expand (...)
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Apps That Blast Out Crime Alerts Don’t Have to Rattle You - 25 juin 2019
Neighborhood-watch networks are on the rise, even though crime is not. Here’s how to put the data into perspective.
My phone recently buzzed with an alarming notification : Police officers were responding to a shooting about a mile away.
A few hours later, another alert popped up, letting me know that two men (...)
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Quel contrôle démocratique sur la vidéosurveillance privée en réseau ? - 25 juin 2019
Aux États-Unis, les quartiers résidentiels les plus aisés ne sont pas toujours les mieux pourvus en caméras de vidéosurveillance publiques. C’est pourtant dans ces quartiers que se développe une nouvelle forme de surveillance, popularisée notamment par le succès de Ring, la sonnette vidéo d’Amazon, explique le journaliste (...)
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Google launches video doorbell with facial recognition in UK - 31 mai 2018
Nest Hello promises to recognise friends and family at the door, but could provoke privacy concerns
Google’s facial recognition video doorbell, the Nest Hello, is launching in the UK to challenge Amazon’s Ring.
Initially released in the US in March, Nest Hello is the first of Google’s new home security product (...)
