"The latest disclosures, released this week by Markey, indicate that Ring’s new facial recognition feature, “Familiar Faces,” launched this week despite what Markey calls “reckless” failures to safeguard the biometric data of people who are unknowingly scanned."

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Ring faces new scrutiny as lawmaker warns of biometric surveillance crisis

The feature is optional and disabled by default, but once activated it scans all faces in view, whether those individuals have consented.

^{Anthony Kimery (BiometricUpdate.com)}