How Long Before Amazon Begins Selling ‘Surveillance as a Service’?
An Amazon patent details how drones could be used to surveil customers’ properties between deliveries, ostensibly without comprising their privacy.
An Amazon patent details how drones could be used to surveil customers’ properties between deliveries, ostensibly without comprising their privacy.
Alexa Guard works with smart home platforms by ADT and Ring to arm/disarm systems, control lighting, receive fire/life-safety alerts and more.
An upcoming vote by Amazon shareholders will determine whether or not its facial recognition software will be sold to governments in the future.
The net loss was attributed to the prior year’s income tax benefit, plus a goodwill impairment loss due to underperformance of ADT’s Canadian business.
Amazon’s facial recognition technology, Amazon Rekognition, has been misidentifying women, especially those with darker skin, according to researchers.
While Napco and Alarm.com had banner years, stock prices for many public companies in the smart home, security and custom integration markets dropped 19% on average in 2018.
Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff has filed a patent that would allow residents to build a “suspicious persons” database that can be sent to police.
A consumer with the system enabled could say “Alexa, arm,” which would arm their security system. A disarm-by-voice feature is also available.
ADT reports quarterly revenue of $1.15 billion, thanks primarily to ADT Pulse smart home growth. Pulse customers will soon gain Amazon’s new Alexa Guard feature.
Subject to terms, Travelers will provide a free Amazon Echo Dot to eligible home insurance customers even if they do not purchase a smart kit.
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