Charles ☭ is now tooting from queer.party

Is your doorbell an ICE collaborator? Its more likely than you think.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/amazon-ring-cashes-techno-authoritarianism-and-mass-surveillance

Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Jul 25, 2025 at 12:15amWeb
Show threadCharles ☭ is now tooting from queer.partyJul 25, 2025
Wondering if I should have an extremely normal sounding conversation with my mother in law. "Your doorbell is collaborating with the secret police in my home country. Maybe I could help you replace it?"
Show threadMaximilian Overdraft, Esq.Jul 25, 2025

@celesteh

Smash it, crush it, throw it against a wall.

#amazonring

Show threadHouse Panther Jul 25, 2025
@celesteh I refuse to get a ring cam or nest cam or any of that shit simply because the corporations behind them cannot be trusted with the data being received. I’ll set up my own surveillance using open source ZoneMinder and IP cameras.