Amazon tightens police access to Ring camera video
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San Francisco (AFP) Jan 24, 2024
Amazon on Wednesday said it will stop letting police directly ask people for video from the company's Ring doorbell or home security cameras. App updates include getting rid of a "Request for Assistance" feature that allowed police to request and receive video captured by Ring cameras, according to a post by Ring executive Eric Kuhn. Human rights advocates have long opposed the feature,