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Big Brother just got an upgrade. Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored... (lemmy.world)

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Jason Bassler | @JasonBassler1

Big Brother just got an upgrade.

Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored, tagged, & analyzed without consent.

One step closer to total surveillance.

[Image: A Ring doorbell camera mounted on a brick wall. A digital overlay shows facial recognition scanning a person's face with grid lines. Text on the right reads "Amazon's Ring Adds Facial Recognition to Home Security" with additional text below.]

6:00 PM | Oct 4, 2025

Source: https://x.com/JasonBassler1/status/1974640686419857516

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[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My parents have one of these. 💀

Guess I'll be going into their place through the garage lmao

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[–] primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Set anything with a ring camera on it on fire. It is the enemy.

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Like I needed more reasons to never leave the fucking house.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Welcome to the basement

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[–] Highlandcow@feddit.uk 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Pray this isn't legal in the UK, under GDPR i don't think so but I'm not sure

[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

GDPR states that saving personal data without consent is illegal and on top you have the right to be deleted and forgotten. I am not even allowed to have a none recording camera sending the image from in front of my door because the space in front of my door is not my private property.

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

The problem is Amazon has this. I don lt care if my neighbors do this. But random corporations should not be involved.

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

We should make dazzle makeup standard when going outside. It's the perfect fashion trend for today.

[–] FalseTautology@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Can't we make necklaces of intense IR radiation that block out our faces? Or does that not work anymore?

[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 2 points 2 days ago

This is what I want. To be able to put on a hat and sunglasses and have it obscure me.

Oh!!! Or suits like in A Scanner Darkly!!!

Not for nefarious reasons, I'm pretty boring. It's the principle of the thing.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A balaklava and a can of spray paint would be cheaper and more effective.

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[–] cdf12345@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Pretty sure this will be illegal in Illinois too

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[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

walk fast, carry stickers

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