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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... (infosec.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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[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

You think people doing door dash deliveries actually care about that? The average person that also uses an iPhone probably has been ok with face unlock for years.

In my workplace they rolled out the face unlock for Windows laptops some time ago. I see many many people making use of that. And I don't care if in some cases the claim is being made (right or wrong whatever) that images don't leave the device. The average person won't think there is a difference to it.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don’t conflate opt-in local facial recognition with mandatory cloud facial recognition, especially when it’s being sold to cops. It’s a bad take and weakens your credibility.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

Jokes on you if you ever thought I am credible.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago

I’ve had uber drivers cancel on me because they don’t want to enter a gate code. Because it’s inconvenient, could be error prone, and slows them down (I would assume.) So it might not always be privacy concerns but also inconvenience.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

You know details on issues with Apple’s implementation of it, Face ID?