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Why Did Ring Hand Police Footage Eleven Times With No Warrant?

Tech Exposed · 4 weeks ago

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In 2022, Amazon quietly admitted it gave police Ring doorbell footage eleven times without ever getting a warrant. Senator Ed Markey forced the number into public record, and Ring's own policy still lets the company decide, on its own, when to skip owner consent. Even after Amazon shut down its formal police request tool in 2024, the loophole that made…

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