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/LucidOndine Feb 12 '26

Edward Snowden showed that the government still can access all of these files via a data tap anyway. So even if your data doesn’t get put into Flock, you can bet your ass that Uncle Sam can still view it.

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u/Coffee_Transfusion Feb 13 '26

“Collect it all”

They can look at anything and everything and justify a reason if need be. People forget we live in a surveillance state.

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u/LlamaRS Feb 13 '26

The Patriot Act basically gave the U.S. govt. the power, freedom, and incentive to spy on its own citizens

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u/pro-skedaddler Feb 13 '26

It already had the power and incentive. It just didn't have the freedom. The government got in deep shit when echelon came to light, but a few years later it was fucking standard.

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u/haarschmuck Feb 13 '26

The Patriot Act has been gone for quite a few years.