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"Amazon’s Disturbing Plan..."? Come on. I agree this is scary and "disturbing", but doorbell cameras have been around for awhile. It's not like Amazon is the fi

"Amazon’s Disturbing Plan..."? Come on. I agree this is scary and "disturbing", but doorbell cameras have been around for awhile. It's not like Amazon is the first to do this. Phrasing like that always makes me immediately distrust the article's intent, even if at face value what they are saying is something I agree about. Just because they are openly saying it in a patent, doesn't mean the other companies weren't already doing it in some other sketchy way. With all that said, what did you think would happen when people openly started allowing listening/video devices on the inside/outside of their homes? Of course people (law or others) are eventually going to want a way to utilize that data if it's useful to them. The same way that I'm sure Facebook/Twitter/etc. work with law enforcement with their data.

empath75 8y ago
Did you even read the article. It’s a patent for sending facial and biometric recognition results to law enforcement.
- bluetidepro 8y ago
  I did. The first part is just commenting about the title at more of a face value, I followed up the second part about the actual contents of the article.
- bsenftner 8y ago
  ...and it is an extremely late patent. Patents for this type of innovation first appeared 25+ years ago when IP video was first happening. In fact, the lateness of this filing smells like it is purely for the creation of outrage articles such as what we are discussing.
  - PavlovsCat 8y ago
    > In fact, the lateness of this filing smells like it is purely for the creation of outrage articles such as what we are discussing. Amazon filed this patent now, instead of earlier, purely for the creation of "outrage articles"? Can you walk me through the logic here?
_37go 8y ago
it's ring, not amazon. no other consumer hardware iOt company is providing facial recognition id search to police via products camera. Their employees are given shirts that say 'fuck crime' but the only victim in amazon package theft crime is amazon, customers are refunded.

empath75 8y ago

Did you even read the article. It’s a patent for sending facial and biometric recognition results to law enforcement.

bluetidepro 8y ago
I did. The first part is just commenting about the title at more of a face value, I followed up the second part about the actual contents of the article.
bsenftner 8y ago
...and it is an extremely late patent. Patents for this type of innovation first appeared 25+ years ago when IP video was first happening. In fact, the lateness of this filing smells like it is purely for the creation of outrage articles such as what we are discussing.
- PavlovsCat 8y ago
  > In fact, the lateness of this filing smells like it is purely for the creation of outrage articles such as what we are discussing. Amazon filed this patent now, instead of earlier, purely for the creation of "outrage articles"? Can you walk me through the logic here?

_37go 8y ago

it's ring, not amazon. no other consumer hardware iOt company is providing facial recognition id search to police via products camera. Their employees are given shirts that say 'fuck crime' but the only victim in amazon package theft crime is amazon, customers are refunded.