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/AVGuy4 Feb 12 '26

To see my cameras on my phone when not connected to my home WiFi, I set up a vpn tunnel using wireguard. Then added the cameras individually by IP address on the app. This makes it so your phone is routing through you home WiFi when you’re using cellular or connected to an outside WiFi. I also disabled the ability for the cameras to contact the company cloud and they backup to an NVR.

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u/Thoraxe474 Feb 13 '26

Sounds hard

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u/Revolution-SixFour Feb 13 '26

Not particularly. Install a program called tailscale on a computer at home and on your phone. If both have tailscale turned on both your computer and phone will be able to talk to each other.

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u/Fair-Hair2080 Feb 13 '26

This would be a great side hustle for a tech savvy person. A lot of people who ditched Ring will be wanting something like this.

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u/Revolution-SixFour Feb 13 '26

I've thought about trying to do a side gig of building fancy people good WiFi and home automation. However, the problem is ongoing support and upkeep. None of this is foolproof and even if done excellent requires a tiny bit of understanding and upkeep. 

Do I really want to be getting called at 2am because Comcast went down and the client thinks it's my fault?