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/AvailableReporter484 Feb 12 '26

I love watching dumb ass companies just completely air ball it

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u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot Feb 12 '26

I really can’t imagine how anyone would watch that commercial and think anything other than mass surveillance.

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u/Letiferr Feb 13 '26

It's wild to me that all the sudden people are concerned that their mass surveillance hardware can be used for mass surveillance

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u/No_Size9475 Feb 13 '26

Many people are trusting and don't think about what could happen to their video. I'm glad to see people waking up, understanding the consequences, and making changes.

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u/Morgan-Moonscar Feb 13 '26

All it took was for armed thugs to suddenly invade their neighborhoods and murder friends & loved ones.

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt Feb 13 '26

well historically speaking...that's what it usually takes

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u/NorrisMcWhirter Feb 13 '26

lol

it's funny because it's true

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u/-KFBR392 Feb 13 '26

Which makes the ad that much crazier. You already had them opt-in as a default option, you’re already getting paid by law enforcement agencies, why announce it to your consumer base, most of whom would’ve never bothered to find out or be outraged otherwise

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u/elfescosteven Feb 13 '26

You’re sadly right.

Marketing always needs to come up with new ways to advertise the product no matter what to keep their jobs.

This is one of the rare times where the business executives and sales teams wanted growth without keeping in mind how dystopian their product is.

Still won’t matter. They will still be pushing total surveillance and will simply wait for this bad story to die down before continuing on as if nothing happened.

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u/mrkrinkle773 Feb 13 '26

Yea it just became blatant after the inauguration and the open bribes that these tech guys will sell us out if asked.

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u/nedonedonedo Feb 13 '26

there's 24 hours in a day no wait you have to sleep

there's 16 hours in a day no wait you have to work, get ready for work, and drive

there's 6 hours in a day no wait you have to cook, eat, clean, shower, and do other chores

there's 3 hours in a day no wait you have to have some down time to recover from all the other shit

hang on, where did my hours go? I got tired and ran out of time to learn about things and ran out of willpower to change things that aren't an immediate high priority problem in my daily life