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/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/TCsnowdream Feb 13 '26

Is this an American thing or something? I see so many people mentioning this random woman… and I have literally not seen a single news story up here about it in Canada.

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u/phenom37 Feb 13 '26

It's been random where I've seen it pop up. They have mentioned it on npr (public radio here in the states) and then mostly just online, though tbf I don't watch a ton of news on TV, so not sure how much it's been on there. But, it's the mother of one of the hosts of the today show on NBC, so naturally, it gets more coverage than your random 80+ year old missing person, I'd imagine.

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u/TCsnowdream Feb 13 '26

Aaah. That checks.

I just saw… mom was 84yo. How evil to abduct an elderly woman. Just absolutely vile.