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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 5m

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

that lawyer was me.

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kindlesnclowders.bsky.social @kindlesnclowders.bsky.social · 10m

Folks, trail cams are not very expensive, and can record encounters on hard media

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 13m

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jacob mouradian @jacobjmouradian.bsky.social · Apr 25

Not the main takeaway from the article – a sidenote, really – but this is why the Internet of Things concept terrifies me.

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Ordinary American citizens are also feeling pressure from immigration officials for helping immigrants. Investigative journalist Radley Balko reported earlier this week about a lawyer in Texas who was asked for legal help by an immigrant family. Two days after he spoke with them, two men in civilian clothes—who never identified which, if any, law enforcement agency they worked for—knocked on the lawyer’s front door and questioned him about his assistance. The lawyer’s internet access briefly went offline while the agents were present, and they refused to give him their names or badge numbers. [light purple highlight] (As the lawyer told Balko, the suspicious timing of his internet outage ensured that the Ring camera on his front door could not capture the exchange.)

Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 14m

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

that lawyer was me.

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dianenashville.bsky.social @dianenashville.bsky.social · 40m

“The goal isn’t to police all behavior at all times. It’s to make us fearful to the point that we police our own behavior.”

Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

and obviously what they did to me was setting the stage for spying on you with your own ring camera

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 19m

excellent point

Pete Warden @petewarden.bsky.social · 36m

What makes me even madder is that there's zero reason a doorbell camera couldn't store hours of footage locally and upload it once the wifi is back on. It's purely a business decision that hurts consumers.
For context, I'm a former Google/Nest engineer who now works on local-only devices.

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Pete Warden @petewarden.bsky.social · 36m

What makes me even madder is that there's zero reason a doorbell camera couldn't store hours of footage locally and upload it once the wifi is back on. It's purely a business decision that hurts consumers.
For context, I'm a former Google/Nest engineer who now works on local-only devices.

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 20m

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 22m

most are indifferent at best

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 2h

yep. and most of the bar couldn’t give a shit. completely fine w/ being actors in an authoritarian play as long as they get on the super lawyers list and can pay the note on their lake house open.substack.com/pub/clayjak/...

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 25m

war is peace

Dannie D 🦋 @dannied.bsky.social · 3h

ICE is offering $50K sign-on bonuses while our military waits in food banks.

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 33m

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 54m

This new Fort Minor song fucking sucks

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8d

Ring founder: “I’m focused on: How can I get the highest density of camera coverage in a neighborhood matched with AI to make neighborhoods safer?…It’s not just hard crime.”

Just put this guy and the Flock guy on a deserted island together so they can surveill each other until the end times.

Ring founder 'backs the blue,' says AI is helping Amazon-owned doorbell unit fight crime

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff returned to the company he founded in April to lead the business, which is part of Amazon's devices division.

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 42m

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

and obviously what they did to me was setting the stage for spying on you with your own ring camera

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8d

Not “now.” Sooo, tomorrow, or…

While most people will happily help someone find their lost dog, there is a concern about where this could lead. This week, the company also announced it’s bringing facial recognition to its cameras for the first time. Familiar Faces lets you register images of family and friends in the app so you can get specific alerts about who your cameras see.
The combination of Search Party and facial recognition raises the question of whether the Ring cloud could one day be used to search for specific individuals. Ring spokesperson Yassi Yarger told me that there are no plans around this for now. “Search Party was designed to match images of dogs to dogs captured in Ring videos,” she said. “It is not designed to process human biometrics.”

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8d

Today in luxury surveillance.

Ring’s new Search Party feature is on by default; should you opt out?

Whose that doggy at the doorbell?

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 21h

Man. Humpy really did that shit.

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 49m

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Shira Ovide @shiraovide.bsky.social · 8d

Amazon's Ring is adding facial recognition to its home doorbells and security cameras for the first time.

To identify people you know, it needs to run everyone's face in sight through facial recognition.

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Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door

For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 50m

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 51m

and to @kenwhite.bsky.social who agreed to rep be pro bono on the spot. bc I was shared shitless that ICE fucked w/ my ring cam.

i used to think there were a bunch of lawyers like Ken across the political spectrum. but sadly he’s one of the few real ones left

Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

and shoutout to @radleybalko.bsky.social for warning people months ago that this was only gonna get worse

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 51m

and to @kenwhite.bsky.social who agreed to rep be pro bono on the spot. bc I was shared shitless that ICE fucked w/ my ring cam.

i used to think there were a bunch of lawyers like Ken across the political spectrum. but sadly he’s one of the few real ones left

Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

and shoutout to @radleybalko.bsky.social for warning people months ago that this was only gonna get worse

Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

that lawyer was me.

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

and obviously what they did to me was setting the stage for spying on you with your own ring camera

Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

and obviously what they did to me was setting the stage for spying on you with your own ring camera

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Shira Ovide @shiraovide.bsky.social · 8d

Amazon's Ring is adding facial recognition to its home doorbells and security cameras for the first time.

To identify people you know, it needs to run everyone's face in sight through facial recognition.

wapo.st/4mR2v5l

Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door

For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.

wapo.st

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Nick Harper, he/him @nharper.bsky.social · 2d

THROW YOUR RING CAMERA AWAY, WHY ARE Y’ALL USING THEM

Shira Ovide @shiraovide.bsky.social · 8d

Amazon's Ring is adding facial recognition to its home doorbells and security cameras for the first time.

To identify people you know, it needs to run everyone's face in sight through facial recognition.

wapo.st/4mR2v5l

Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door

For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.

wapo.st

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1h

and obviously what they did to me was setting the stage for spying on you with your own ring camera

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