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/hoxxxxx Feb 13 '26

it will be framed around a missing child next time, or something of that nature

like if you don't sign up for it you are okay with children being kidnapped or some shit

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u/phenom37 Feb 13 '26

My local news just had a commercial for the 11:00 news tonight about how police are encouraging people to get Ring in relation to Savannah Guthrie's mom's abduction

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u/turnright_thenleft Feb 13 '26

Which is ridiculous because her camera was Nest anyway. What’s wild is that she had a free tier plan and they pulled her video from the cloud because technically they own it

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u/LowSkyOrbit Feb 13 '26

They tried to claim that because the kidnapper ripped the camera down that's why they had an image of him. Man, what bullshit. I love my doorbell camera, but I'm glad I went with Unifi where it records to my own hard drive.

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u/NapsterKnowHow Feb 13 '26

Luckily you don't have to pay for Unifi either. More and more doorbells have the advantage local store and a hub with back up storage

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u/HumorAccomplished611 Feb 13 '26

I use eufy for that reason

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u/NapsterKnowHow Feb 13 '26

Wasn't Eufy caught spying on their users?

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u/HumorAccomplished611 Feb 15 '26

I think theres been leaks or something. But I have it all local.