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When your doorbell is Big Brother. The smart-doorbell company Ring, owned by Amazon, has partnered with more than 400 police departments nationwide — far more than previously known — to provide video from individual citizens’ private web-enabled doorbells to aid police in their investigations. Police and company executives say their collaboration makes neighborhoods safer. But critics say it’s an undemocratic surveillance dragnet being marketed as just another app. WASHINGTON POST
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