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Reports raise video privacy concerns for Amazon-owned Ring
Amazon-owned smart doorbell maker Ring is facing claims that might give some smart home enthusiasts pause. Recent reports from The Intercept and The Information have accused the company of mishandling videos collected by its line of smart home devices, failing to inform users that their videos would be reviewed by humans and failing to protect the sensitive video footage itself with encryption.
In 2016, Ring moved some of its R&D operations to Ukraine as a cost-saving move. According to The Intercept's sources, that team had "unfettered access to a folder on Amazon's S3 cloud storage service that contained every video created by every Ring camera around the world." That group was also privy to a database that would allow anyone with access the ability to conduct a simple search to find videos linked to any Ring owner. At this time, the video files were unencrypted due to the "sense that encryption would make the company less valuable" expressed by leadership at the company.
At the same time the Ukraine team was allowed this access, Ring "executives and engineers" in the U.S. were allowed "unfiltered, round-the-clock live feeds from some customer cameras" even if that access was completely unnecessary for their work.
Also at The Mercury News.
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday January 13 2019, @08:35AM
But I don't do Amazon ANYTHING. I'm boycotting Amazon. Many people are boycotting Amazon and WPost. Because the guy that owns those cheats on his wife. He's getting a Divorce. But, he already has a girlfriend. It's called adultery, folks. And it's disgusting!!
But, I love Security Camera. I recently got a BIG BIG upgrade to my Security Cameras. It works with the Cameras I already had. Also with the new ones. And Kirstjen of Homeland Security is helping me with that one. We call it, Facial Recognition. Somebody walks by the house, the Computer tells us who it is. It knows. And it's working beautifully -- so incredible. Getting ready to put that one into our magnificent National Parks. And into many places!!! twitter.com/WashTimes/status/1070390932082753536 [twitter.com]