Advertencia: *privacidad no incluida con este producto
Amazon Ring Always Home Cam
A flying indoor HD security camera made by Amazon Ring that zooms about your home. Creepy? Cool? Both? This little flying camera can navigate around a single story of your home on custom preset flight paths (up to 50 of them) so you can get a bird's eye view of what's going on. As long as what's going on doesn't take more than 5 minutes to see and as long as it doesn't happen on another story of your house. And if this little flying camera encounters an object in the way, it will return to its base. So, maybe not the best home security option just yet. Especially if you've got a cat who likes to chase flying things (so, most cats) or a home with more than one story.
¿Qué podría pasar si algo falla?
Amazon’s Ring Always Home flying drone cam just feels creepy. To be fair, Amazon has seemingly taken steps to help protect users’ privacy with things like set flight paths and a dock the drone sits on when not in use that hides the camera and prevents recording, which is great. As a privacy researcher though, a drone that zooms around your home with the goal of surveillance feels pretty creepy. But feeling creepy doesn’t mean it is. Until you look a little deeper at Amazon’s Ring privacy track record.
Ring has a history of not protecting users' privacy. At one point they reportedly stored customer data--including video recordings--unencrypted on an Amazon cloud server and employees could access any of this data. There have also been reported data leaks and concerns that the Ring Doorbell app is full of third-party trackers tracking a good amount of personal information that Amazon Ring doesn’t disclose. They have gotten more transparent in their privacy and data deletion practices, which we appreciate. And they added two-factor authentication to help protect users in 2020, which was a great step forward. One we here at Mozilla pushed hard for.
Then there is the problematic relationship Ring has with law enforcement where questions of racism, warrantless surveillance, and police overreach still linger. While Amazon says they are distancing themselves from law enforcement access to users' video and requiring more transparency in the process, they are still facilitating law enforcement access with this product and the Neighbors app and that leaves us concerned.
Finally, there are the questions of privacy violations of the neighbors of people who use home surveillance cameras -- not just Ring but all of home surveillance cameras. A recent court case in the UK highlighted this when a woman sued her neighbor for infringing on her privacy when his Ring security cameras were found pointed at her home. Not only could his cameras see her, they could also listen to her as well. She won her case and $137,000.
All in all, this flying security camera raises too many questions about transparency, data protection, public safety, and racism in our opinion and we feel could come with *privacy not included.
Consejos para protegerte
- Make sure you are comfortable with the fact that local police may require the footage.
- Think about all of the personal events cameras inside and outside of your home will capture.
- Use strong passwords & unique usernames
- When setting up the path for your camera, be aware of your privacy. Avoid places that you do not want to be recorded.
- Delete footage as often as possible
- Limit third-party trackers in the Ring app
- Manage your Alexa privacy settings
Seguridad
IA
¿Me puede espiar?
Cámara
Dispositivo: Sí
Aplicación: Sí
Micrófono
Dispositivo: Sí
Aplicación: Sí
Rastrea la ubicación
Dispositivo: Sí
Aplicación: Sí
¿Qué se puede usar para registrarse?
Correo electrónico
Sí
Teléfono
No
Cuenta de terceros
No
¿Qué datos recopila la empresa?
Información personal
Name, email, phone number, address
Información biométrica
Video and voice recordings
Información social
Neighbors app network
¿Cómo utiliza la empresa estos datos?
¿Cómo puedes controlar el uso de tus datos?
¿Qué historial tiene la compañía en cuanto a la protección de los datos de los usuarios?
In November 2019, a security vulnerability in Amazon's Ring Video Doorbell Pro devices could have allowed attackers to exploit the internet-connected doorbell to intercept the owner's wi-fi credentials.
In 2019, Motherboard reported on how Ring's weak security and compromised email addresses and passwords left Ring cameras easy to hack.
In December 2020, a class action lawsuit was filed alleging lax security measures at Ring, allowed hackers to take over their devices.
In August 2020, security researchers from Check Point pointed out a flaw in Amazon's Alexa smart home devices that could have allowed hackers access to personal information and conversation history. Amazon promptly fixed the bug.
In October 2020, Amazon fired an employee for leaking customer email addresses to an unnamed third party.
In October 2019, Forbes reported that Amazon employees were listening to Amazon Cloud Cam recording, to train its AI algorithm.
In April 2019, it was revealed that thousands of employees, many of whom are contract workers and some not even directly employed by Amazon, had access to both voice and text transcripts of Alexa interactions.
¿El producto se puede usar sin conexión?
¿La información de privacidad es fácil de entender?
Enlaces a información de privacidad
¿El producto cumple nuestros estándares mínimos de seguridad?
Cifrado
Videos are encrypted in storage and during transmission. Ring offers end-to-end encryption. https://blog.ring.com/2020/09/24/ring-announces-end-to-end-encryption-privacy-security-and-user-control-updates/
Contraseña fuerte
Two-factor authentication is now mandatory after major pressure from Mozilla and other groups.
Actualizaciones de seguridad
Gestiona las vulnerabilidades
Amazon Ring has abug bounty program, which means that anyone who finds a security issue and discloses it responsibly may get paid.
Política de privacidad
Ring has a webpage dedicated to explaining its privacy pillars and answering frequently asked questions
¿El producto usa AI?
¿Es poco confiable esta IA?
¿Qué tipo de decisiones toma la IA acerca de ti o por ti?
Ring cameras use camera-based motion detection to start recording.
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