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Amazon Ring stops letting police request footage in Neighbors app after outcry
Warrantless access may still be granted during vaguely defined "emergencies."
Amazon Ring has shut down a controversial feature in its community safety app Neighbors that has allowed police to contact homeowners and request doorbell and surveillance camera footage without a warrant for years. Because of this history, Guariglia said that EFF is "still deeply skeptical about law enforcement’s and Ring’s ability to determine what is, or is not, an emergency that requires the company to hand over footage without a warrant or user consent." Rather than clarifying the RFA tool controversy, Kuhn's blog primarily focused on describing how much Ring users loved "heartwarming or silly" footage like a "bear relaxing in a pool."
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