[DevX101]

I’m glad it was blocked. Amazon gives law enforcement and ICE access to Ring camera footage. I have no doubt they’d eventually be letting cops spy inside our homes with these vacuum cleaners.

[Aurornis]

So you’d prefer we send access to China? The comment above was pointing out that we blocked the acquisition that would have kept it in the country.

[BeFlatXIII]

The US government is more likely to be a threat to my personal freedom than the Chinese.

[jpgvm]

What exactly can the Chinese government do to hurt you in your own home in America?

Now think about what the American government can do to you.

[AndrewKemendo]

What was the last time a Chinese person shot a US citizen?

[pornel]

Maybe instead of ad-hoc fear-driven interventions in the market when Chinese companies do too well (TikTok), US should have some general data protection laws, and not allow making surveillance devices that are locked-down and serve their corporate overlords?

Amazon isn't on your side. They would have sold this access to China if they could make a buck on it.

[lenerdenator]

Well, were they handed a valid warrant asking for that footage?

[zug_zug]

Maybe there's a 3rd option... like encrypt the footage in a way that it can't be accessed en-masse without passwords?

Like imagine if the US government gave a warrant to apple and said "Give us all iphone pictures from this area on this date"... they'd presumably say "We won't because we designed it so that we can't."

[mikeg8]

Yea! I totally trust corporations and government to always do the right thing and never abuse their powers!

[square_usual]

Yes, citizen! What do you have to hide? You are not a criminal, are you?