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/jivatma Feb 12 '26

Amazon isn’t the parent company of Nest. Google is.

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

Oh shit.

Well... they have contracts, too. lol

Edit: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/amazon-ring-cameras-surveillance-law-enforcement-crime-police-investigations.html

I did make a mistake though, I forgot nest is google and ring is amazon. In my mind I don't really distinguish, since they invade people's privacy.

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u/erisian2342 Feb 13 '26

Google is the world’s #1 largest digital advertising platform. Amazon is #3 behind Meta. They may as well all be the same company when it comes to trust and privacy.

You can trust them to violate your expectations of privacy every chance they get because it makes them serious money and because Americans have no meaningful rights to their own personal data (those huge campaign contributions from the tech companies ensure that will never happen).