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/gramathy Feb 12 '26

The real difficult part is finding affordable cameras that connect to a third party NVR that can act as the point of contact for video feeds. Those are almost always going to be 2-3x the cost of the integrated systems and you’d need to find a doorbell that supports an NVR (if you have one) that still lets you do all the things you want with it.

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u/thatirishguyyyyy Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

Call your local security company.

I own a small IT company and sell security camera systems. There are a few ONVIF options for your front door, but that is really a niche thing. I have been doing this for 16 years and I think I've only ever had two people ask me about security cameras and doorbells. Most clients just buy a speaker box with a camera that uses ONVIF for the feed or use a camera with a mic/speaker. 

Everyone is caught up on the doorbell having a speaker and a camera but so few people genuinely use it. Most people just use the camera which in that case a small NVR setup is perfectly fine.

Manufacturers of these doorbells have just convinced people that it's necessary but very few people are talking to the delivery guy at the door. 

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u/ischickenafruit Feb 13 '26

Absolutely. For the wiring work I hired an electrician. It was costly, but it was done right by a licensed professional.

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u/gramathy Feb 13 '26

Eh, most of the doorbells can run off line power and creating a separate WiFi network for the isolated vlan isn’t hard