The 45-day testwill allow peopleto opt-in to allow their cameras to be monitored by police.

Police say the program is meant to curb crime.

But the move is adding to thegrowing privacy concernsabout the widespread use of security cameras, experts say.

A person watching others using the Ring doorbell app on a smartphone.

Ring

“We can follow and trace them.”

Amazon hasreportedly consideredputting facial recognition software into itsRing lineof video cameras.

Ring’s partnerships with law enforcement are accelerating the USA’s path to becoming a surveillance state.

Grocery delivery person as seen through a doorbell camera.

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The number of home video cameras and smart doorbells is only going to grow.

Will there one day be a stigma attached to not letting police monitor your cameras?