At first glance of Amazon’s new patent application, one would be tempted to think it no more than a built-in “smart” security system. According to a new report, the patent application, made available in late November, would pair facial surveillance such as Rekognition, the product that Amazon is aggressively marketing to law enforcement, with Ring – a doorbell camera company that Amazon acquired in 2018.
This system will actively surveil the neighborhood, to record all who walk by and gather composite images and recordings that can be stored in a cloud and accessed by law enforcement to help surveil and catch suspects.
Straight out of the old "Persons of Interest" television series, brought to you by Amazon. How comforting.
