Wacky indoor Amazon drone takes on privacy sceptics


The introduction of Amazon’s Ring Always Home Cam planned for 2021 has opened up fresh debate on the potential for intrusive surveillance and privacy infringement. — AFP

WASHINGTON: It could be the wackiest product yet from Amazon – a tiny indoor drone which buzzes around people's homes as a security sentry.

The introduction of the Ring Always Home Cam planned for 2021 has opened up fresh debate on the potential for intrusive surveillance and privacy infringement.

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