{"id":1130347,"date":"2021-12-18T10:28:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1130347"},"modified":"2021-12-18T10:28:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:28:48","slug":"report-amazon-ring-doorbells-may-begin-using-biometric-data-to-spy-on-your-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-amazon-ring-doorbells-may-begin-using-biometric-data-to-spy-on-your-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Amazon Ring Doorbells May Begin Using Biometric Data to Spy on Your Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-amazon-ring-doorbells-may-begin-using-biometric-data-to-spy-on-your-neighborhood%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1130347&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Amazon reportedly filed a patent recently that suggests its Ring doorbell cameras may soon be able to identify \u201csuspicious\u201d people by scanning their skin texture, walking style, and voice. This represents the latest in Amazon\u2019s growing push into biometric data collection.<\/p>\n<p>Business Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/amazon-ring-patents-describe-cameras-recognizing-skin-texture-odor-2021-12?r=US&amp;IR=T\">reports<\/a> that e-commerce and tech giant Amazon recently filed a patent for its Ring doorbell cameras that describes new tech enabling the devices to identify \u201csuspicious\u201d people based on their skin texture, walking style, and voice.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_8686182\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP_18067164830242.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8686182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP_18067164830242.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Bezos arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Bezos (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5858327\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iris-scanner-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5858327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iris-scanner-getty.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ian Waldie\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Ring patent, filed and awarded in the United States, is named \u201cNeighborhood Alert Mode,\u201d and essentially works as a digital neighborhood watch device. The patent would allow Ring doorbells to share a picture or video of a person it decides is suspicious to other Righ users in the area. Their doorbells will then begin recording the \u201csuspicious\u201d person even if the target never approaches the homeowner\u2019s door.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s patent lists a startling list of characters that could be used to identify \u201csuspicious\u201d people, including their body shape and \u201codor\/scent.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"25\">\n<p>Biometric identifiers can be physiological characteristics and\/or behavioral characteristics. Physiological characteristics may be related to the shape of the body. Examples include, but are not limited to, fingerprints, palm veins, facial recognition, three-dimensional facial recognition, skin texture analysis, DNA, palm prints, hand geometry, iris recognition, retina recognition, and odor\/scent recognition. Behavioral characteristics may be related to the pattern of behavior of a person, including, but not limited to, typing rhythm, gait, and voice recognition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s Ring devices have faced serious security issues in the past with outside hackers managing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2019\/12\/12\/hackers-use-amazon-ring-security-cameras-to-abuse-children-hurl-racial-slurs\/\">gain access to the devices<\/a> and talk to people that use them in their homes.<br \/>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/amazon-ring-patents-describe-cameras-recognizing-skin-texture-odor-2021-12?r=US&amp;IR=T\">Business Insider here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-107 paragraph-0-2-12\"><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon reportedly filed a patent recently that suggests its Ring doorbell cameras may soon be able to identify \u201csuspicious\u201d people by scanning their skin texture, walking style, and voice. 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