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But a recent CNN article revealed that Amazon wants to turn homeowners doorbells into facial recognition devices using their Rekogntion software. "An Amazon patent application which was made public on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website, describes how a network of cameras could work together with facial recognition technology to identify people. "Law enforcement requests are easy to reject in theory. In person, they're a bit more difficult. But this is the ecosystem Amazon is building. Most of us still associate Amazon with free shipping and VOD, but the company really wants a piece of the government action. Whatever it hasn't tied up in hosting and storage, it's looking to collect via surveillance tech. Amazon is selling as much facial recognition software as it can to law enforcement agencies despite recent controversies and now it's hoping its home products will attract more subsidized deployments. Local law enforcement provides the public with cheap or free doorbell cameras and swings by for the footage whenever needed. Who isn't going to feel obligated to hand this over to the cops when they come asking?As the EFF's Dave Maass points out, if cops wanted to outfit a ton of homes with surveillance cameras they could access at any time, there would be some pushback. But frame it as a giveaway with an eye on home security, and people will gladly sign up to turn Everytown, USA into London.

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These two hotspots are essential for keeping track of the daily crime that goes on in such an establishment. Shoplifting, employee malfeasance, robberies and more all have to pass through both of those “choke points,” and having a discrete camera there at all times makes the crimes themselves more difficult and less likely to happen, while at the same time providing invaluable evidence that will be needed to understand what happened and apprehend the criminals involved later. In banks and government buildings, indoor security is equally as important. In banks the cameras protect the assets of the institution, but they also protect the customers and employees. They keep an excellent and constant record of everything that goes on, a record that could be incredibly valuable. In government buildings the threat of crime and terrorism is combated with indoor security cameras and other measures.