Sen. Ed Markey Calls on Ring to Make Itself Less Cop-Friendly

theintercept.com

7 pointsAmicius4 comments

I presume law enforcement doesn't even need to get a warrant to access audio and video from Ring devices?

Article is paywalled, but here's the relevant excerpt:

> ...the company’s 10 million customers provide a steady current of data that police can request, sans warrant or meaningful oversight, [directly from the user](https://theintercept.com/2021/02/16/lapd-ring-surveillance-b...).

Is there any way to compel law enforcement to make public the audio/video they get from Ring? I can see the legitimacy of being captured on video when on someone's property approaching their door, but if I'm taking a walk on a public street I don't see why Ring should be allowed to record and store my likeness. What they are doing is mass surveillance by a private company, not street photography by an artist. I don't suppose there is a law which draws such a distinction but there needs to be.

It’s opt-in by the owner. If your ring settings, you have a toggle to allow law enforcement access to your recordings or not.

There needs to be an education campaign to inform what that toggle actually means.

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