Ring to let police request user videos again
Ring, the domestic surveillance company belonging to Amazon, is associated with Taser-Maker Axon to help again the requests for the laws of the law to user door cameras.
This decision reverses the decision in 2024 of Ring in 2024 to kill its “Aid Request” functionality, which allowed the police to ask the users a video via the neighboring application. At the time, Ring developed change as a change to become a brand more focused on the community, that less dependent on the integrations of the police. This ethics now seems to be on a break.
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The face coincides with the return of the founder of Ring, Jamie Siminoff, who joined Amazon in April. Under its renewed direction, Ring doubles AI and revives its relations with the police. As reported for the first time by Business Insider, the new partnership with Axon will allow the police to request videos from Ring users via the Axon evidence management system. Ring would also explore an option that will allow consent users to the live broadcast of their door bell, food directly to the police.
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In a public declaration, Siminoff has qualified the Axon partnership a means of “promoting a vital link between our neighbors and public security agencies”, positioning it as a tool for safer neighborhoods.
The Axon agreement is only part of the wider similar return strategy. He now supervises not only the rings, but also the Amazon Blink Camera line, his key home delivery system and the sidewalk wireless mesh network. Since its return, Siminoff has pushed a hyper-ai program, including internal mandates to “do more with less” using AI to rationalize operations. According to the initiate, even promotions now require EA -focused impact on efficiency or customer experience.
Internally, the change raised the eyebrows. Current ring employees said they did not know how the images collected will be used – and flags have increased on confidentiality and data problems that have long haunted the brand.
In 2023, Amazon reached a regulation of $ 5.8 million with the Federal Trade Commission for having spying on the Ring and Alexa users, although the company denied any reprehensible act.
