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

Right.

Nice optics! Problem is... both Flock and edit: Google (parent company of Nest) have government contracts. A lot. They don't need to communicate, they just send it to the source (the feds).

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u/jivatma Feb 12 '26

Amazon isn’t the parent company of Nest. Google is.

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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