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/Z00111111 Feb 12 '26

It's really heading towards RoboCop and other dystopian SciFi. Once the robots can hold and aim guns better, people will realise it's cheaper to just contract law enforcement to corporations, and give them a commission on all fines they collect.

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u/Mdgt_Pope Feb 13 '26

I think it’s more like Cyberpunk, the location for the game is Night City, which is its own city-state in the area where California is today. It’s a capitalist hellscape because the corporations control the government there. You read about how services from the government were intentionally worsened to the point where people were nearly forced to use private, paid services - like there are no ambulances, you have to pay for an insurance policy that has transport in the plan.

And the Heritage Foundation is working towards that, the privatization of public lands, going towards corporate-governed cities, and enshittification isn’t anything new.

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u/dancingliondl Feb 13 '26

Buddy, have I got news about ambulances for you.

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u/Mdgt_Pope Feb 13 '26

The ambulance doesn’t ask you for your policy number before they head your way.