Ring’s surveillance partnership with law enforcement is deeper than previously thought

Amazon’s Ring has finally come clean about its partnership with law enforcement agencies in the US. The doorbell-camera company — which was acquired by the retail giant in February 2018 — disclosed that it has inked deals with 405 agencies to “facilitate conversations around crime and safety among all members of the community.” This is significantly higher than the number reported by Shreyas Gandlur, an engineering student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who pegged it at 358. Ring said it had created Neighbors Portal — an extension of its Neighbors app — for law enforcement to alert communities of…

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