Amazon’s Ring is reportedly developing a facial recognition system for its video doorbells. According to internal documents revealed by The Intercept, the plan involves creating a shared database of ‘suspicious’ individuals, allowing homeowners to receive alerts when a flagged person approaches their door. This data could be broadcast across a network of Ring users, creating neighborhood-level surveillance. Privacy advocates and civil liberties groups have condemned the plan, warning that it expands an unaccountable private surveillance network. Critics highlight the technology’s potential for misuse against marginalized groups and the high error rates of facial recognition, especially for women and people of color. Despite Ring’s claims of improving neighborhood safety, civil rights organizations argue the system undermines privacy and due process, turning communities into places of constant suspicion.