Ring is sunsetting a tool that lets police request footage from users via its Neighbors app, forcing law enforcement to obtain warrants or evidence of emergency
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A look at Ring's Neighbors app, which lets users report local activity and forwarded 13,053 posts to the LAPD over two years, some about non-criminal behavior
Amazon says it will require police departments that need Ring security footage to publicly post requests in Ring's Neighbors app, beginning next week
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Amazon says it will require police departments that need Ring security footage to publicly post requests in Ring's Neighbors app, beginning next week
- The change follows criticism of cozy ties to law enforcement — Police officers must post requests in Ring's Neighbors app
Ring says it has fixed a security flaw in its Neighbors app that was exposing the precise locations and home addresses of users who had posted to the app
Ring says it has fixed a security flaw in its Neighbors app that was exposing the precise locations and home addresses of users who had posted to the app
A security flaw in Ring's Neighbors app was exposing the precise locations and home addresses of users who had posted to the app.
Amazon's Ring says that it receives some real-time 911 call data, including addresses, from police, which helps it curate crime news posts for its Neighbors app
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Amazon's Ring says that it receives some real-time 911 call data, including addresses, from police, which helps it curate crime news posts for its Neighbors app
Amazon-owned home security company Ring is pursuing contracts with police departments that would grant it direct access to real …
According to notes from an Amazon webinar, Ring has partnered with 200+ local police departments in US, which can directly ask Ring owners for camera footage
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Ring debuts Neighbors app that pulls out local security and crime-prevention features from the Ring app, including feeds of posts shared by nearby Ring owners
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