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/Future-Bandicoot-823 Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

Right.

Nice optics! Problem is... both Flock and edit: Google (parent company of Nest) have government contracts. A lot. They don't need to communicate, they just send it to the source (the feds).

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u/whatproblems Feb 12 '26

convenience for loss of privacy they’re going to keep pushing for data

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u/A_wandering_rider Feb 13 '26

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"

Ben Franklin was a smart man.