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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] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don’t understand why anyone would think having Amazon cameras on or in their home would be a good idea in the first place but now they get probably $0.72 for their mistake

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Which, you think you get money? More like store credit.