"As US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wreak havoc on American communities, big tech companies have been making themselves indispensable to the increasingly tyrannical state. Among them is Amazon subsidiary Ring, the company behind those AI doorbell cameras that have exploded in popularity over the last few years. Back in October, Ring announced that its devices would soon be looped into a network of Flock AI surveillance cameras."
"That network, an investigation by 404 Media found, has been available to local and federal police and enforcement agencies like ICE - leaving many worried that their Ring doorbell cams are now feeding into a government panopticon. Sure enough, as anti-ICE protests ramp up throughout the US, activists are pushing a grassroots campaign to convince Ring users to smash their devices. Doing so, they say, could help deprive the federal government of footage it's using to enact a campaign of harassment, arrests, and deportation."
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has accessed surveillance footage collected by Amazon-owned Ring after Ring integrated its devices with Flock AI’s camera network. Ring doorbell cameras have rapidly expanded into a large civilian surveillance system available to local and federal police and enforcement agencies. Security and privacy experts warn that Ring’s integrations and data sharing erode civil liberties and increase risks of government monitoring. Activists have launched grassroots campaigns urging users to destroy Ring devices to prevent footage from aiding arrests, harassment, or deportations. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has criticized Ring for profiting from surveillance that undermines privacy and civil rights.
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