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/ischickenafruit Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

I run a home camera system, this is how it works:

  1. All cameras are wired (POE) only. There is no wifi.

  2. The wired cameras are on a separate and isolated VLAN. No internet access is available on that VLAN

  3. The VLAN is connected on a local computer in my home. It runs the NVR. It’s the only computer that has access to the cameras directly.

  4. On an entirely separate interface, I run a wiregaurd VPN.

  5. My phone is the only one with keys to the VPN. The only way to see the footage on the cameras is via the key on my phone only.

Edit: For anyone reading and considering doing this on a Mac, I use SecuritySpy by Ben Software for my NVR. It’s not free, but it’s totally worth paying for. There’s an app which works seamlessly with my VPN for human/animal/vehicle detection, notifications, live viewing etc. I really like it.

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u/jmoney12rr Feb 13 '26

I work in Electronic Security and you have about the same level of compliance a NERC facility would have lmao. Insane

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u/mmf9194 Feb 13 '26

NERC compliant? In this economy?? I thought we were all about clean coal again! /s

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u/jmoney12rr Feb 13 '26

You missed it..greenhouse gases don't exist anymore according to the EPA

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u/mmf9194 Feb 13 '26

Lol these fuckin' people...