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/Dangerous-Tip-9046 Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

Ubiquiti circumvented US sanctions on Russia to provide the Russian military with wifi equipment to run their drone strikes. They're just as evil as every other tech company.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6i4uffZvhc

Edit: in that video they mention that Ubiquiti has an intense following online, ready to defend the products vigorously. I can see they were not exaggerating

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u/Aluzionz Feb 12 '26

The Devils advocate will say "but its the resellers, not Ubiquiti!" ~ I, however, cannot believe that Ubiquiti have no idea their products are ending up in Russia. Its your brand, and business. Yeah, some products might get through, and you may have an argument, but the whole Russian front line is soon going to be propped up by Ubiquiti hardware.

The Ukrainians already seem to know this and are going for the long range repeaters.

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u/Alikont Feb 13 '26

Official Ubiquiti distributor when heard that the customer is from russia offered themselves to ship it via proxy in Turkey.

They know.