Do cloud-powered consumer surveillance cameras pose a risk to civil liberties?

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Amazon’s Ring porch cameras are used by law enforcement to keep watch on neighbourhoods, so why shouldn’t everyone install one on their front doors? This MIT researcher’s work shines some light on the scale at which individual cameras contribute to an immense surveillance apparatus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdp3iYC10QQ

Do you think the risks are in line with the rewards, or is this an ominous experiment in the making?

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