Jason Bassler | @JasonBassler1

Big Brother just got an upgrade.

Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored, tagged, & analyzed without consent.

One step closer to total surveillance.

[Image: A Ring doorbell camera mounted on a brick wall. A digital overlay shows facial recognition scanning a person's face with grid lines. Text on the right reads “Amazon's Ring Adds Facial Recognition to Home Security” with additional text below.]

6:00 PM | Oct 4, 2025

Source: https://x.com/JasonBassler1/status/1974640686419857516

  • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    2·
    14 hours ago

    I was looking to install an electronic lock as a redundancy for the tumbler lock to decrease “have I locked the fucking door” anxiety.

    The problem could be solved with Yale lock. I’d just be swapping the disadvantages of a Yale for the disadvantages of an Electric lock.

    But cool automations are cool, and who doesn’t love a little over engineering?

    • LustyArgonian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      14 hours ago

      Just get a camera you can access any time and face it towards the lock in your home if you want to check if it’s locked or not. All electronic locks are hackable.

      • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        1·
        6 hours ago

        I know, which is why it’s not going to be my primary lock.

        For someone to bypass my locks, instead of breaking a window, a bunch of things have to come about and they’re all “and” statements.

        First, I would have to forget to lock the door, I don’t typically forget, I just get anxiety about it and it can ruin a nice day. With the electric lock I would be content someone can’t just opportunisticly walk in.

        And someone would have to want to get in my house enough to put effort into it. They’re breaking a window at this point regardless of the locks. Or they’re testing a neighbour’s door, with only one lock.

        And they would have to identify that only the electric lock is active.

        And they would have to have the tools/skills to break an electric lock. Along with the skills/tools to break a traditional lock (if they’re both engaged)

        If any of those statements is false, I would be no worse off, or better off, with an electric lock. If they want in, they’re coming through a window.

        I did think about a Yale as an auxiliary lock, but I’ve run up against it’s advantages (read: locking myself out) more than once. Also, if they can bypass the main lock, they can bypass a Yale, I figure, as it’s a similar skillset.

        “All electronic locks can be hacked” is the same statement as “all tumbler locks can be picked”. I’m guessing you still use one though.