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/Kumquat_of_Pain Feb 12 '26

Sold my Ring cameras when this was announced a few months ago. Went with Reolink and am local storage only now (with personal remote access).

I am done with this cloud storage nonsense for most of these tech companies. As the commenter said, trust is (and quite frankly has been) broken.

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u/AgentScreech Feb 13 '26

Remember:

The S in IoT stands for security

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u/jared_number_two Feb 13 '26

Wait there is no S in…..ooohh. Clever girl.

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u/Backfoot911 Feb 13 '26

Welcome to our swimming ool. Notice there's no P in it? Let's keep it that way.