Amazon to sunset tool that let law enforcement obtain footage from Ring doorbells

Amazon announced Wednesday that they will make it harder for police departments to ask for footage generated from customers’ Ring video doorbells and surveillance cameras. The practice had long been under fire from civil liberties groups and some politicians. Eric Kuhn, who helms the company’s Neighbors Platform, said Ring’s controversial “Request for Assistance” (RFA) function

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