Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE
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Doorbell and license-plate footage can now be accessed through ICE-linked systems
  • ramenshaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 day ago

    IIRC Amazon bought Ring quite some time ago. Run partnered with Flock a while back and then cancelled their contract recently? Correct me if I’m wrong.

    • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      1 day ago

      “Cancelled” is corpo speak for “it’s too controversial right ow, we’ll try again later”.

      • ouTPhaze@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        16 hours ago

        Cost and Time to implement is the other reason it was cancelled (on top of Controversy), so it’s not something they’ll “likely try later”.

        • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          16 hours ago

          I don’t even remotely believe that. Cost is nothing since it would likely be funded by tax dollars, and the implementation is already mostly done.

    • ouTPhaze@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      16 hours ago

      Ring left Amazon back in 2023. And the Flock partnership was in October, and they canceled it last month due to backlash, time and cost.