Amazon's Ring Unveils Flying Drone and Robot To Patrol Homes and Businesses (cnbc.com) 25
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Amazon's Ring is going deeper into surveillance with an indoor drone for home monitoring and an autonomous robot designed to patrol businesses. The company on Tuesday unveiled the $250 Ring Drone Cam, a security camera that can fly from room to room, including upstairs, as well as capture footage during the day or at night. When an alarm or sensor on windows, doors and home security devices is triggered, the textbook-sized drone travels a preset path to investigate suspicious activity. Users can also deploy the drone at any time, the company said.
[...] The company on Tuesday also debuted the $1,000 Ring Rover Cam. The device repurposes Amazon's Astro home robot, which had a short life as a business device and has seen few upgrades since its 2021 debut, for companies to use to patrol offices, warehouses and other workspaces. Ring said it "leveraged the best of Astro" to build the Ring Rover Cam, which it describes as a "purpose-built security robot." Similar to the Astro, the device is a display mounted on a two-wheeled base with an extendable periscope camera. It also features a "built-in siren," two-way audio and a "light tower" that shines onto the ceiling to help users keep track of its whereabouts. The Ring Drone Cam ships in the U.S. on Jan. 27, while the Ring Rover Cam will begin shipping to users on Dec. 16.
[...] The company on Tuesday also debuted the $1,000 Ring Rover Cam. The device repurposes Amazon's Astro home robot, which had a short life as a business device and has seen few upgrades since its 2021 debut, for companies to use to patrol offices, warehouses and other workspaces. Ring said it "leveraged the best of Astro" to build the Ring Rover Cam, which it describes as a "purpose-built security robot." Similar to the Astro, the device is a display mounted on a two-wheeled base with an extendable periscope camera. It also features a "built-in siren," two-way audio and a "light tower" that shines onto the ceiling to help users keep track of its whereabouts. The Ring Drone Cam ships in the U.S. on Jan. 27, while the Ring Rover Cam will begin shipping to users on Dec. 16.
Yes, sure! (Score:5, Insightful)
I an looking forward to fully trust these objects that can spy on my house with myself and my family in.
I am 110% sure there is no flaw, no backdoor and no CVE in the entire technology chain that will bring this marvel to my place!
Thanks!
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I have a different approach. I remember that in the war in Ukraine they began by having drones that flew over and found the enemy, like these ones. Soon, however, they realized that there might be a great target but no artillery available quickly enough (just as the police may take ages to arrive, if they decide to come in the first place) so they started attaching grenades for the drones to drop. I see that we should follow that evolution. I'm sure that you won't be concentrating on worries about the dron
Re:Yes, sure! (Score:5, Funny)
Who needs a backdoor when it is Ring?
Ring allows law enforcement full access to their devices and data without a warrant.
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Plot written and produced by super intelligence: a remake of Hitchcocks The Birds.
Thanks Bezos!
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Big Brother Drone (Score:5, Insightful)
Remember that Ring shares all of their data with law enforcement, without a warrant.
Do you really want the government to be able to fly a drone around your home taking pictures of whatever they want, when you are not around?
Talk about big brother creep factor. The only way I would ever allow a device like this into my home is if it was 100% locally controlled.
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And that's arguably not the worst of it, because every (non-law-enforcement) creep will want in on this. Stalkers, pedophiles, rapists, misogynists, revenge porn scumbags, all of them wil
Want the house patrol drone, but not from Amazon (Score:2)
Or maybe there's one already ? I only just realized I need this.
Re: Want the house patrol drone, but not from Amaz (Score:2)
What could go wrong? (Score:3)
With a arbitrary access to take video inside of my house, Amazon could:
target ads based on my actual lifestyle,
map layout for law enforcement,
map layout for anyone else who wants to pay for it,
identify contraband,
identify things Amazon overlords wish was contraband,
voyeurism
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Why is your drone always hovering outside Mom's window?
Nothing can go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong (Score:2)
These moguls are swiping pages right out of the first chapter of sci-fi doom scripts.
Would you say it's time for everyone to panic? (Score:2)
"Yes I would Kent"
Professor Frink Home Security System [youtube.com]
Yes, please map my home (Score:4, Insightful)
Yes, please map every detail my home and sell that data to whoever wants it so they can market to me or see if it's worth burglarizing. Maybe capture some credit card numbers while you're at it or scoop up some sensitive info that I foolishly left laying out in the open in my own home. Maybe the cops can use that info to stage a raid based on some bullshit claim that they think they saw a "dangerous device" or "possible drug paraphernalia" or "kiddie porn" or whatever they can come up with.
So yes, please video every inch of my home and send the data out to whoever wants to abuse it, yippee!!
My cats are gonna just love this... (Score:2)
I can't wait! (Score:2)
$250 for an indoor drone? The hacker community is going to be all over this, looking to jailbreak it. If they manage to free these from Bezos' grasp and enable buyers to actually OWN them, then I'd be happy to have three or four of them.
Of course, if they're too well locked down to be freed, then they're just more tech detritus in our growing dystopian hellscape.
Susupiciously cheap (Score:3)
$250 seems suspiciously cheap to me.
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anti-critter swarm (Score:2)
I'd like a small swarm of drones that chase critters away.
Drones vs Racoons all night long
liability of an device like that goes on it's own (Score:2)
liability of an device like that goes on it's own
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Yeah, exactly! Is Amazon gonna cover the liability rider on your homeowner insurance when this drone breaks something expensive?
If you want surveillance (Score:2)