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Ring customers get $5.6 million in privacy breach settlement (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Federal Trade Commission is sending $5.6 million in refunds to Ring users whose private video feeds were accessed without consent by Amazon employees and contractors, or had their accounts and devices hacked because of insufficient security protections.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, the penalty for fucking over millions of Americans is chump change... Same as it ever was.

[–] Outtatime 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The cost of doing business they say

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Eh. The "Heroes Work Here" sign is better fitting on a guillotine.