The Legal Case Against Ring’s #FaceRecognition Feature | @eff

#Amazon Ring’s upcoming face recognition tool has the potential to violate the privacy rights of millions of people and could result in Amazon breaking state #biometric #privacy laws.

#Ring plans to introduce a feature to its home #surveillance cameras called “Familiar Faces,” to identify specific people who come into view of the #camera.
#familiarfaces #biometrics

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/legal-case-against-rings-face-recognition-feature

The Legal Case Against Ring’s #FaceRecognition Feature | @eff

#Amazon Ring’s upcoming face recognition tool has the potential to violate the privacy rights of millions of people and could result in Amazon breaking state #biometric #privacy laws.

#Ring plans to introduce a feature to its home #surveillance cameras called “Familiar Faces,” to identify specific people who come into view of the #camera.
#familiarfaces #biometrics

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/legal-case-against-rings-face-recognition-feature

Everything has gone to...

In January 2023, @pluralistic used the term "enshittification" on his blog, pluralistic.net, to describe the deterioration process of the TikTok network.

Enshittification consists of four stages:

1. Platforms are good for users

2. Platforms abuse users to be good for business customers

3. Platforms abuse business customers to keep all the profit

4. Platforms die

🧵

#thread

#socialmedia #platforms #fediverse #activitypub #google #amazon #microsoft #enshittification

Everything has gone to...

In January 2023, @pluralistic used the term "enshittification" on his blog, pluralistic.net, to describe the deterioration process of the TikTok network.

Enshittification consists of four stages:

1. Platforms are good for users

2. Platforms abuse users to be good for business customers

3. Platforms abuse business customers to keep all the profit

4. Platforms die

🧵

#thread

#socialmedia #platforms #fediverse #activitypub #google #amazon #microsoft #enshittification