LAPD requested Amazon Ring footage from Black Lives Matter protests

If you have a Ring doorbell, your local police department may request your help in...surveilling protests?

According to a report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, recently obtained documents from the Los Angeles Police Department show that law enforcement officials attempted to obtain footage from Ring devices in order to identify participants in Black Lives Matter protests that occurred last summer.

“The Los Angeles Police Department is requesting your help” reads the subject line of the emails sent to Ring users from “[email protected],” an official email address associated with the company that makes the home surveillance devices. Read more...