Amazonβs Ring is rolling out βFamiliar Faces,β an opt-in facial-recognition tool that catalogs up to 50 known visitors πͺ
Amazon says data is encrypted, but past law-enforcement partnerships and security issues raise concerns about biometric handling π
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Amazon's Ring rolls out controversial, AI-powered facial-recognition feature to video doorbells | TechCrunch
The feature lets you identify the people who regularly come to your door by creating a catalog of up to 50 faces. The company says the Ring feature is opt in and the biometric data isn't used to train AI models.
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