Jason Bassler | @JasonBassler1

Big Brother just got an upgrade.

Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored, tagged, & analyzed without consent.

One step closer to total surveillance.

[Image: A Ring doorbell camera mounted on a brick wall. A digital overlay shows facial recognition scanning a person's face with grid lines. Text on the right reads “Amazon's Ring Adds Facial Recognition to Home Security” with additional text below.]

6:00 PM | Oct 4, 2025

Source: https://x.com/JasonBassler1/status/1974640686419857516

  • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
    13·
    5 months ago

    Yeah this has to be super inconvenient for the residents. I imagine many delivery services, DoorDash, instacart, will refuse to do this bullshit. Forcing the resident to meet them at the gate, or just not receive service at all. I would be pressuring my HOA to end this policy.

    • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      Not in US, but all those non-perishable deliveries will leave their stuff at the main gate guardhouse. Not sure about food though.

      • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        I’ve had uber drivers cancel on me because they don’t want to enter a gate code. Because it’s inconvenient, could be error prone, and slows them down (I would assume.) So it might not always be privacy concerns but also inconvenience.

      • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        41·
        5 months ago

        Don’t conflate opt-in local facial recognition with mandatory cloud facial recognition, especially when it’s being sold to cops. It’s a bad take and weakens your credibility.