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Thursday, March 05, 2020

Adapting Policing from Your Doorbell

Continue to follow this.   As a user and a believer in using technical collaboration to make the world safer.  Some interesting adaptations to construct community watch capabilities via Ring.

Ring update gives you more control over police video requests
It also helps you limit the people and devices that access your account.

By Jon Fingas, @jonfingas

Ring is acting on its promises to improve privacy and security in 2020. The Amazon brand has introduced a Control Center in the Ring mobile app that aims to deliver more control over access and sharing. Most notably, there's a toggle to opt out of law enforcement video requests -- you don't have to wait to receive one before making a decision. Ring is unsurprisingly encouraging customers to leave it on (it has police partnerships to maintain) in the name of neighborhood security, but it's at least acknowledging that some users are uncomfortable with serving as de facto eyes for police officers. ... "

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