The Federal Trade Commission is sending $5.6 million in refunds to Ring users whose private video feeds were accessed without consent by Amazon employees and contractors, or had their accounts and devices hacked because of insufficient security protections.

  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I don’t understand why anyone would think having Amazon cameras on or in their home would be a good idea in the first place but now they get probably $0.72 for their mistake

  • hitmyspot
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    2 months ago

    Its a pity that copyrighted material, that artists sell, so want to be seen, for a fee, is fined at $10000 per breach for piracy. But when its peoples privacy that they don’t want public viewing, its a pittance.