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• 澄清 — Ring

  He said that the company does not place many restrictions on the ways in which police can use and share the videos, although he did clarify that a homeowner is not required to share the footage with the authorities and Ring does not identify any users who refuse police requests for videos.

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• Sen. Markey expressed his concerns in a statement, saying: “Connected doorbells are well on their way to becoming a mainstay of American households, and the lack of privacy and civil rights protections for innocent residents is nothing short of chilling."

• He said that the company does not place many restrictions on the ways in which police can use and share the videos, although he did clarify that a homeowner is not required to share the footage with the authorities and Ring does not identify any users who refuse police requests for videos.

• The video doorbell company Ring is taking some heat after it revealed that authorities can keep homeowners’ videos forever and share them with any party they choose.

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• ADT is suing Amazon over claims that its subsidiary, Ring, infringed its “iconic blue octagon” trademark.

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• Accordingly, ADT alleged that it was “surprised” to discover that in March 2021 “Ring had adopted a blue octagon mark (‘the Infringing Mark’) that is virtually indistinguishable from ADT’s Famous Blue Octagon for use in connection with Ring’s own security offerings.”

• According to reports, ADT has requested a federal judge in Florida to immediately stop Ring from using its logo and also pay an undisclosed amount as compensation.

• On Tuesday, ADT LLC and The ADT Security Corporation (together, ADT) filed a complaint in the Southern District of Florida alleging that Ring has infringed ADT’s iconic trademark – its “Famous Blue Octagon” – in the second legal challenge in which the companies have engaged.

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• 整改 — Ring

  Ring’s announcement declared that the company is making two-factor authentication mandatory for users

• 整改 — Ring

  the company also has announced that they are temporarily pausing the use of most third-party trackers and are working on a way to allow users to further limit information sharing

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• Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring has announced extra layers of security and control for users after a wave of backlash from civil liberties and cyber security organizations like EFF and Mozilla.

• Organizations raised major concerns over Ring’s lack of effort in protecting the data and security of users, including permitting multiple log-in attempts that allowed bad actors to take control of people’s Ring cameras; not requiring two-factor authentication; and allowing a number of undisclosed third-party trackers to harvest data from the Ring app.

• Ring’s announcement declared that the company is making two-factor authentication mandatory for users—meaning that when a person logs in to their Ring account, they will have to enter a code emailed or texted to them to verify that they are the person attempting to log in.

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• 澄清 — Ring

  In a statement to Gizmodo, the Amazon-owned home security and the smart home company said it limited the amount of data it shared.

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• In a statement to Gizmodo, the Amazon-owned home security and the smart home company said it limited the amount of data it shared.

• An investigation of the Ring doorbell app for Android discovered that four main analytics and marketing companies - including Facebook and Google -- were receiving information such as the names, private IP addresses, mobile network carriers, persistent identifiers, and sensor data on the devices of paying customers.

• The EEF said that Ring has exhibited a pattern of behaviour that attempts to mitigate exposure to criticism and scrutiny while benefiting from the wide array of customer data available to them.

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• Ian Thornton-Trump, the chief information security officer at Cyjax, told Forbes the launch was "deeply problematic from a privacy perspective."

• Some were still skeptical of whether such a network would keep user data private.

• Amazon customers are being automatically opted in to Sidewalk, a feature set to launch later this year that the company says will connect Alexa devices to nearby WiFi networks, even those owned by someone else.

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• The father of three claims the Ring camera above his garage was hacked, allowing a stranger to talk to his kids "encouraging them to get closer to the camera" as they played basketball in the driveway.

• Ring has insisted the problem is with weak or compromised passwords, but the lawsuit alleges "it is Ring who failed to provide sufficiently robust security measures such as two-factor authentication."

• Now an Alabama father has filed a lawsuit accusing Ring and its owner Amazon of "lax security standards"

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• 澄清 — Ring

  Ring has taken care to design these features in a way that keeps users in control and believes open communication is an important step in building safer, stronger communities.

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• Ring has taken care to design these features in a way that keeps users in control and believes open communication is an important step in building safer, stronger communities.

• But the police partnerships have prompted privacy concerns with more than 30 civil rights organizations, which are asking lawmakers to end the partnerships with local police.