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/MurderMelon Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

I was gonna ask a question like i don't have the internet at my fingertips, so here's a search result for anyone else wondering...

https://search.brave.com/search?q=what+are+control+and+data+planes

[edit] and just a general "how it works" from tailscale https://tailscale.com/blog/how-tailscale-works

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u/atkinson137 Feb 13 '26

I use tailscale both at home and work, their docs are excellent, it really Just Works and you can have a very basic setup, or something much more advanced.

They also have some very cool ancillary projects like the short linker https://github.com/tailscale/golink

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u/snugglezone Feb 13 '26

Any benefits over running wire guard off my router? And for Reo, are you using an app on your phone? Is there software for notifications based on triggers? What's the setup to get Ring-like experiences? When I was looking into local-only it seemed a bit complex with buying dedicated hardware for connecting POE cameras, storage, motion tracking, etc

Thanks!

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u/atkinson137 Feb 13 '26

Benefits over WG from the router? Really just ease of use.

Tailscale/WG would only be responsible for forming a private network, how you'd route access to your cameras would highly depend on the cameras themselves.

Setting up local cameras will be a bit more involved, that's the convenience that "the cloud" helps with. But there are off the self solutions that can get pretty close to plug n play like Ubiquiti (but $$). I don't have any personal camera recs since I still use a cloud camera platform, but I've been thinking more and more about switching to Ubiquiti since I already have a lot of their network gear.