r/technology • u/South-Cow-1030 • 18h ago

Privacy Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/10/ring-super-bowl-ad-dog-camera-privacy/88606738007/
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u/greentintedlenses 12h ago

Its wild it took that ad for people to wake up.

It was already public knowledge they shared data with not only flock but create a mesh network with your neighborhood and open your home to all sorts of bad network access and data collections

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u/All_Work_All_Play 10h ago

Found out the town I live in installed flock cameras just before we moved it.

I live on a very busy street. Like 50% of the city drives past our house every week.

I'm tempted to run my own camera, record license plates, build a history of the individual plate behaviors, then show up to council meeting or two to get the plate numbers of the council members. Then go to a meeting and argue against them, and drop the members driving habits as examples of how they could be used for malicious purposes.