Amazon-Owned Smart Doorbells Share Videos With Police

A doorbell company called Ring has recently come under fire with a lot of criticism from American legislators and privacy advocates after the company was said to let the police force freely access to the homeowner's video forever is released in public. 

Following media reports about this case, roughly 600 police throughout the US formed the partnership with Ring, which says the company's technology can be a misused tool in handling crimes associated with burglary and trespassing. Yet, senator Edward J Markey dropped Amazon - the owner of Ring a line to request a more detailed explanation about the way footage is used and solutions being implemented to protect the civil privacy and liberties. In addition to that, Markey also highlighted the uncertainty of protecting Americans' privacy by Ring. 

Brian Huseman - the vice president of Amazon, noted that not only are homeowners not obliged to give their videos to police should they feel uncomfortable, but they are also entitled not to identify themselves in case they refuse police for video. To accomplish this, Ring proposed few restrictions on how police utilize videos. 

What's more, Huseman doesn't reject the potential for facial recognition technology belonging to Ring's ecosystem. He noted that adding any products, including this feature from Ring, would be the result of customers' request instead of applying it into vague and uncertain purposes.