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> Makes you wonder that even if you choose not to share with police This is a false choice, because police don't need your permission to obtain video evidence on Amazon's servers if they have a warrant or court order. They don't even have to notify you if they look at it or use it as evidence, either. Most of the time law enforcement just asks providers nicely for the data they want access to, and providers comply. N…
Yep. In the US you generally have no standing to resist a warrant for your data that you handed over to a third party. Don't use cloud based cameras. Products like ring could easily be designed so that your data would be protected-- e.g. encrypt on the device, all storage is encrypted.. you give a password to any client to view it that amazon never sees. Yet even though its straightforward to do so this is not availa…
It's not just a bonus, it's a selling point. Not for normal consumers, but for law enforcement, and Amazon would like to keep the police surveillance use case secret[1].
From The Secret Scripts Amazon Gives to Cops to Promote Ring Surveillance Cameras[2]:
> Documents obtained by Motherboard reveal that Ring provides 46 standardized comments that cops can post on social media, and several documents with scripted responses to possible questions from the public.
[1] https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-ring-wants-police-to-keep-t...
[2] https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjwea4/revealed-the-secre...