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It's obviously bad to hack into a citizen's systems without consent, but there's some kind of value that might be created here.

Ring cameras are basically being used as a gigantic police-partnered dragnet:

Amazon’s Ring Planned Neighborhood “Watch Lists” Built on Facial Recognition

https://theintercept.com/2019/11/26/amazon-ring-home-securit...

If this provides a disincentivize to an average user buying Ring cameras, their immature 'prank' may have unintentionally helped the nation.

parent kick 7 years ago

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