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Read: Alexa Guard: How Amazon Plans to Add Sound Recognition to Your Security System

Alexa Guard: How Amazon Plans to Add Sound Recognition to Your Security System

Amazon’s Alexa Guard turns Echo speakers into audio sensors, and works with ADT Pulse and Ring Alarm.

Read: Friend or Foe: Should Alarm Industry Fear Giants Like Amazon & Google?

Friend or Foe: Should Alarm Industry Fear Giants Like Amazon & Google?

While the large tech leaders may seem like a threat, several experts believe they’ll make the electronic security industry better and stronger.

Read: Amazon’s Alexa Can Now Play Video Recaps From Select Smart Home Cameras

Amazon’s Alexa Can Now Play Video Recaps From Select Smart Home Cameras

The Alexa video recap skill is now available to owners of Ring, Arlo, Cloud Cam and August smart home cameras.

Read: Amazon May Begin Offering Homeowners Insurance — Here’s What It Means for Security, IoT

Amazon May Begin Offering Homeowners Insurance — Here’s What It Means for Security, IoT

Amazon is contemplating selling homeowners insurance, a report says. If true, the company will rely on its lineup of technologies such as the Ring Alarm security and home automation system to mine customer data.

Read: Amazon Shareholders Demand End to Facial Recognition Sales

Amazon Shareholders Demand End to Facial Recognition Sales

Jeff Bezos is drawing the ire of Amazon shareholders who are demanding the tech behemoth stop selling the face-tracking software tool Rekognition to the government and law enforcement.

Read: Take SSI’s OOR Survey for a Chance to Win a $100 Amazon Gift Card

Take SSI’s OOR Survey for a Chance to Win a $100 Amazon Gift Card

Results from the 10th Annual Operations & Opportunities Report (OOR) will be featured in SSI‘s August publication. Amazon gift cards will be randomly awarded to three participants.

Read: Amazon Awarded Patent to Send ZigBee IoT Signals Over Power Cable

Amazon Awarded Patent to Send ZigBee IoT Signals Over Power Cable

The Amazon patent would make it possible to integrate WiFi cameras with ZigBee door locks by running home automation data over power cable.

Read: Amazon Is Discreetly Selling Facial Recognition Technology

Amazon Is Discreetly Selling Facial Recognition Technology

Amazon Rekognition is a deep learning-powered video analysis service that is being quietly marketed for government surveillance, among other uses.

Read: Are Pro Security Companies on Amazon’s Shopping List?

Are Pro Security Companies on Amazon’s Shopping List?

Buying an alarm company such as Brink’s or Vivint would give Amazon an army of techs to sell more security and home automation gear and reduce the cost of truck rolls by saturating the market.

Read: Ring Launches ‘Neighborhood Watch’ App as First Amazon-Backed Offering

Ring Launches ‘Neighborhood Watch’ App as First Amazon-Backed Offering

Ring’s Neighbors app is a way to crowdsource information from residents about suspicious activity.

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