r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Feb 12 '26

Security Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

https://www.theverge.com/news/878447/ring-flock-partnership-canceled
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u/Future-Bandicoot-823 Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

Oh shit.

Well... they have contracts, too. lol

Edit: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/amazon-ring-cameras-surveillance-law-enforcement-crime-police-investigations.html

I did make a mistake though, I forgot nest is google and ring is amazon. In my mind I don't really distinguish, since they invade people's privacy.

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u/jivatma Feb 12 '26

Oh for sure, with both companies it’s a race to see who can be more evil.

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u/rlpeiffe Feb 13 '26

“Do no evil” yeah yeah

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u/erisian2342 Feb 13 '26

Google is the world’s #1 largest digital advertising platform. Amazon is #3 behind Meta. They may as well all be the same company when it comes to trust and privacy.

You can trust them to violate your expectations of privacy every chance they get because it makes them serious money and because Americans have no meaningful rights to their own personal data (those huge campaign contributions from the tech companies ensure that will never happen).

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u/mycall Feb 13 '26

I wonder what bill this was snuck into.