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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... (europe.pub)

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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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[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did that sound clever in your head before you wrote it?

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Everything I have to say is clever in comparison to your bottom of the barrel idiocy.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All this ad hominem over your lack of understanding of the First Amendment.

I hope you get over yourself one day.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That’s not what ad hominem means. And as I said, I don’t think this is protected by the first amendment. You’re the one who got rude first.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're way too sensitive if you think I was rude first.

Look it up and feel embarrassed for being an asshole. Or don't and remain ignorant. Either way, shut up so I don't have to block you. People who drown in their own ignorance in the information age with web search a click away are so pathetic.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ, you are a bottom of the barrel intellect. Fuck off, Republican brain.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lmfao you think I'm Republican because I happen to know the First Amendment applies to photos of people in public?

Touch grass and enjoy your block.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Your moral and intellectual superior never said that this was just about “photos of people in public”. We are talking about a specific way of manipulating that data in a database and its specific application and use.

Furthermore, there are plenty of laws in different states about taking pictures of people in public. At the moment, public photography is acceptable as long as it’s general, but you cannot record individuals specifically. This is quite common. But since there is no federal legislation about this, it can very simply be regulated.

Alexandre Dumas.