Ring Continues To Pitch Facial Recognition To Law Enforcement While Claiming It Won't Be Adding Facial Recognition To Its Cameras

Ring Continues To Pitch Facial Recognition To Law Enforcement While Claiming It Won't Be Adding Facial Recognition To Its Cameras

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200220/12554543954/ring-continues-to-pitch-facial-recognition-to-law-enforcement-while-claiming-it-wont-be-adding-facial-recognition-to-cameras.shtml

Ring continues to insist it is not adding facial recognition to its sadly super-popular doorbell cameras. Its insistence is suspect for several reasons.

First, it employs a "Head of Facial Recognition Tech" at its Ukraine office. A company that isn't planning to add facial recognition doesn't need anyone in charge of tech it's not planning on using.

Ring Continues To Pitch Facial Recognition To Law Enforcement While Claiming It Won't Be Adding Facial Recognition To Its Cameras

Feb 24, 2020, 8:22pm UTC
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200220/12554543954/ring-continues-to-pitch-facial-recognition-to-law-enforcement-while-claiming-it-wont-be-adding-facial-recognition-to-cameras.shtml > Ring continues to insist it is not adding facial recognition to its sadly super-popular doorbell cameras. Its insistence is suspect for several reasons. > First, it employs a "Head of Facial Recognition Tech" at its Ukraine office. A company that isn't planning to add facial recognition doesn't need anyone in charge of tech it's not planning on using.