Victory! Ring Announces It Will No Longer Facilitate Police Requests for Footage from Users (www.eff.org)

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This is a victory in a long fight, not just against blanket police surveillance, but also against a culture in which private, for-profit companies build special tools to allow law enforcement to more easily access companies’ users and their data—all of which ultimately undermine their customers’ trust.

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[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah I’m still skeptical.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah they’ll just start doing patriot act shit or something like that

[-] captainsiscold@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

Still skeptical here as well, but it's at least a step in the right direction. I still do not plan to have any Ring products anywhere near my place anytime soon.

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