Julian Oliver

If you are in the US and have an Amazon Ring camera, disconnect it. The camera may be being used by ICE, by way of its participation in a Flock AI surveillance network.

Or sure, smash if it feels better.

https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-ring-cameras-ice

https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/

Activists Say Ring Cameras Are Being Used by ICE

Online activists are telling owners of Ring Doorbell cameras that it's time to get rid of their devices, which can be used by ICE.

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Jan 22 at 8:33pmWeb
Show threadJulian OliverJan 23

In the leadup to & throughout WW2, US tech giant IBM chose to be the "information muscle" of the Nazi Party, running census & kill accounting for Hitler's Final Solution.

As this shitty loop comes round at scale, tech giants once again center themselves within the white supremacy project. Rather than combine their power to fight back, the CEOs & investors of these corps *choose* to side with the hateful & increasingly lethal regime.

Helping friends & fam off #bigtech is a moral imperative.

Show threadSolithaJan 22
@JulianOliver I'd be tempted to just block its view with a sign, something along the lines of "Fuck ICE and fuck the surveillance state."
Show threadJulian OliverJan 22
@solitha Good idea. Depending on how you can fix it, could use a technique like this, but opaque. https://julianoliver.com/projects/public-patch/
Public Patch

Show threadJ.now 🇨🇦Jan 22

@JulianOliver

I live in 🇨🇦
We took ours out as soon as we saw #Amazon was doing this in the US.

Remove your Ring Doorbell or better yet stop using Amazon & all their products

#cdnpoli #uspoli

Show threadSnake Oil SalesmanJan 22
@JulianOliver glad we're all waking up to this surveillance bs.
Show threadLillyLyle/Count MelancholiaJan 22
@JulianOliver It's enough to put some tape over the camera - you can still use the audio bit.
Show threadjesterchen42Jan 22

@JulianOliver Uhm... does this only count for ring cameras in the US, or are e.g. european rings ... "affected" as well (and taken into hugr databases)?

Oh, I feel I know the answer, but perhaps there is hope anyways............

Can the GDPR make these things illegal in Europe? 👉👈 🥺

Show threadSpiritJan 23
@JulianOliver Setting up a network of Ring cameras that only stream the nastiest porn imaginable, GPS spoofed to areas of highest immigration enforcement.
Show threadAuntie MameJan 23
@JulianOliver Exactly why I opted for a closed-circuit system last year.
Show threadMike SmaleJan 23
@JulianOliver Amazon is the latest company from which I've pulled my music.
Show threadVHG 🇪🇺🇺🇦Jan 23
@JulianOliver #uspol #uspolitics cancel Amazon, boycott Amazon .. make them feel it
Show threadcognitively accessible mathJan 23
@JulianOliver or point it at the cat box?
Show thread🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦Jan 23
@JulianOliver Oh no. A techbro product used for evil. This has never happened before.
Show threadThierry 🅰️🕒Jan 23
@JulianOliver
How much time before Tesla cam cars to feed flock ai ?
Show threadLeaJan 23

@JulianOliver
I had assumed they've had access to them all along. I know many police departments have. Maybe this step is just making it more convenient for them by combining the databases and the interface to them.

This is a great area for activism/education to make sure people know about it and disconnect them from the internet.

I'm sure they're probably designed so you can't limit them to only your local network, so unfortunately for most people the only option will be to completely disable them or their wifi chip to prevent the data being collected. Otherwise they could be used to capture any notable activity for use by our side.