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Police use facial recognition doorbells to create private watchlist networks

Posted on December 12, 2018June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Joe Cadillic writes:

Earlier this year, I reported that Amazon’s spying Ring doorbells are being installed everywhere and how everyone’s privacy is at stake.

But a recent CNN article revealed that Amazon wants to turn homeowners doorbells into facial recognition devices using their Rekogntion software.

“An Amazon patent application which was made public on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website, describes how a network of cameras could work together with facial recognition technology to identify people.”

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