ms-demeanor:

Okay, who had “literal amazon spy drones” on their 2020 bingo square?

This is your reminder that Amazon has formed a partnership with over 600 police departments to share data gathered by Ring cameras. Amazon is sponsoring the surveillance state and now they’re going to be able to form an aerial map of your house and your neighbors’ houses.

Ring has a history of approaching local neighborhood watch groups and HOAs to convince residents to use Amazon surveillance systems at little or no cost to homeowners - PLEASE make an effort to participate in local community groups like HOA boards or get to know your neighbors in apartment buildings or go to local city council meetings and PLEASE speak against the unregulated expansion of surveillance systems and the erosion of individual privacy.

“I don’t want Amazon to know when my kids get off school to go play, or what toys they want in the back yard. I don’t want Amazon to learn my work schedule based on when my car is in the driveway. I don’t want the police to request footage of my yard to issue fines for improper vehicle storage. I don’t want an automated camera filming my daughter in the swimming pool.”

Make the argument that even people who don’t have anything to hide don’t want a camera on a pole recording the things they do in their homes.