Quote from: psycodad on Today at 09:08:35 AM

I vaguely remember some regulars here talking about using Ring cams, thought you might find this 'interesting':

Quote from: Ring Gives Videos to Police without a Warrant or User Consent

Amazon has revealed that it gives police videos from its Ring doorbells without a warrant and without user consent.

Ring recently revealed how often the answer to that question has been yes. The Amazon company responded to an inquiry from US Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), confirming that there have been 11 cases in 2022 where Ring complied with police “emergency” requests.

-> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/07/amazon-finally-admits-giving-cops-ring-doorbell-data-without-user-consent/
-> https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/amazon_response_to_senator_markey-july_13_2022.pdf

Also, if you (like me) refuse to wear a tracking device (vulgo: 'Smartphone'), make sure you understand to what extent your car is snooping on you and tracking your every move:

Quote from: Surveillance of Your Car

TheMarkup has an extensive analysis of connected vehicle data and the companies that are collecting it.

The Markup has identified 37 companies that are part of the rapidly growing connected vehicle data industry that seeks to monetize such data in an environment with few regulations governing its sale or use.

While many of these companies stress they are using aggregated or anonymized data, the unique nature of location and movement data increases the potential for violations of user privacy.

-> https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2022/07/27/who-is-collecting-data-from-your-car

^ Both from Bruce Schneiers excellent newsletter.

* psycodad is off to wrap tinfoil around his car.

Not a problem if you drive a 1992 Volvo 940.