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Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE (lemmy.world)
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https://hrnews1.substack.com/p/ring-cameras-join-flock-and-amazon?r=1t17zr

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[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

inaccessible image of text

Do commenters know they can copy text instead of break web accessibility?

From the article

The partnership, announced in October 2025, integrates Ring’s Community Requests feature directly into Flock’s law-enforcement platforms, FlockOS and Flock Nova, allowing police departments to request Ring camera footage through Ring’s Neighbors app.

Ring Community Requests feature

Community Requests

What is Community Requests?

Community Requests is a privacy-protected service that enables public safety agencies to put out public requests for help and efficiently and securely collect and manage digital evidence. Public safety agencies can post a request in the Neighbors feed asking community members within a specific area to share Ring video footage or information that may help their investigation. Videos customers choose to share in response to Community Requests go directly to Axon Evidence, a secure evidence management system where they can be verified for authenticity and integrity. This also creates a complete audit trail of how and when public safety agencies collect information.

Participation is always voluntary, and public safety agencies can only see what you choose to share.

The owner chooses what to share in response to a request. Just like IRL when the police knock on an owner's door to request information.

Look at this!!! Wow!!! It's fucking nothing.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

Do commenters know they can copy text instead of break web accessibility?

Broken as intended on the Ring website. Couldn't copy/paste text. Would've forced the issue were I on desktop at the time.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The owner chooses what to share in response to a request. Just like IRL when the police knock on an owner’s door to request information.

Yes, through this program you are technically correct that the user has to press a button to send the video to law enforcement through this specific program.

This implies that the user has the ability to refuse to send the video to law enforcement, but that is not true.

The videos are stored on Flock/Amazon's servers and that means that the police can, via a subpoena or court order, access the footage or real-time video from any device or storage that the business can access. You have zero say in this and cannot opt out, the case law on requesting 'business records' is long settled as is the idea that digital files are considered 'business records'.

In addition, this program does not preclude Flock/Amazon from voluntarily providing access to anybody or any group that asks/pays. The data is theirs, not yours.

This program is whitewashing the creation of a nation-wide real-time video surveillance network, paid for by you or via your tax dollars.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Looks like you didn't read the whole article.