Why Amazon's new facial-recognition AI for Ring doorbells has privacy experts worried

Ring users in most of the US can now save up to fifty faces in the app, allowing for more personalized notifications. But the convenience probably isn't worth the sacrifice in privacy.

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Amazon has launched its new Familiar Faces feature.
• It lets Ring users save people's faces to a library in the app.
• Critics argue it's a dangerous violation of privacy.

Amazon has launched a new feature that enables Ring doorbell cameras to recognize and catalog faces of people using AI. 

While the company is promoting the technology as a convenient way for homeowners to customize notifications and boost security, some are calling it a dangerous violation of privacy and a stepping stone to mass surveillance.

Introduced in September, the Familiar Faces feature is not turned on by default. But ...