Dammit, I fell for rings assurances of “only in response to a warrant”. Mostly out of laziness, but still ….. I really am going to have to figure out self hosting a video doorbell, aren’t i
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2026
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Bare in mind that the government requires a warrant to obtain data against you, the barrier in which to get a warrant requires probable cause.
Obtaining data about you from a company only requires a subpoena if the company doesn't cooperate.
BUYING data about you from the same company is completely allowed.
Until we get privacy laws, we are truly fucked.
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Where are the hactivists?! Are they all too well employed?
Of course that happened, that happens every time when you buy things but then don't own them.
I'll buy cams for my home, but they'll be for ME alone because they're MY cameras, MY video.
Obligatory fuck Amazon and fuck the USA
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You know they are in all of your cloud connected cameras, inside your home, inside your tesla, pretty much everywhere you have a camera... Definitely not just at your front door. The key thing to understand about the surveillance state is that they only acknowledge access of personal data if they intend to use it in a court room. Most of it is just used for spying, information gathering, and parallel construction if necessary.
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This may finally convince my parents to get rid of their ring camera. Thank you
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It's just out in the open, you're too stupid if you think they didn't do it already.
Are people going to start listening to their "paranoid" nephews yet?
Crazy how a company owned by Amazon would do this. /s
Reason #186729 why it's insane to have no right to privacy in public.
Fun fact: Recording the public is illegal in Germany. Any private video camera must only be able to record your own property. If you do record (and store - smart doorbells without storage that are only active when they are rung are exempted) material you must have visible warnings (that others can see BEFORE being recorded) or else any evidence you collect is likely to be thrown out in court.
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Yeah, the idea of Amazon running my home security did NOT appeal to me. I went with another brand.
My old ring is in a box ready to go to electronics resell/recycling. Maybe it needs a meeting with my friend Sledge before it goes out, so it can't hurt anyone again.
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