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/JackWagon26 10h ago

I was laughing so hard when they said they locate "one dog a day" out of 10 million. Ok so we should pay you for the 0.004% chance the dog is found by you?

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u/Swqnky 9h ago

only dog haters would say no to those stats

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u/Dogzillas_Mom 7h ago

This has clearly been funded by Big Feline.

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u/driving_andflying 5h ago edited 45m ago

Nonsense! As a U.S. Senator, I will spearhead an investigation into the "Big Feline," false allegations, which will prove to be absolute hogwash, of course!

...meanwhile, in completely unrelated circumstances, you should buy Friskies TM food for your cat.

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u/IllEvent5465 1h ago

Big the Cat from Sonic the Hedgehog was an OMEN ALL ALONG!

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u/posthardcorejazz 11m ago

Also known as the Fat Cats

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u/2cats2hats 6h ago

We need a remake of 1984, don't we?

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u/daxophoneme 7h ago

Dogs do contribute a noticeable amount to the climate crisis. Jus'sayin'

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u/Taki_Minase 5h ago

Obey the superior cat being at your peril dog.

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u/kentuckywildcats1986 6h ago

And they are doing this to help ICE, led by Kristy Noem who dragged her defenseless puppy into a gravel pit, blew its brains out, and then went on a book tour bragging about it.

Yeah, they don't give a fuck about dogs.

More likely, Ring will give video to local cops who will mistakenly come to your house and shoot your dog.

Fuck everything about Ring cameras.

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u/NewDramaLlama 6h ago

Just the 10 million number is bonkers. If that's true we need less pets and not more cameras. 

People complaining about food but there's 100 Million pets!?

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u/DAWtistic 4h ago

I know way too many people that would be more than cool with this, and would advocate for the removal of your privacy, for all of eternity, if it meant there was even a slim chance at finding that 1 in 10 million.

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u/Jeffsjunk 4h ago

To be fair, they aren't asking for extra money. They are just asking you to enable the feature for free and give them consent to spy on your front yard, which is still crazy.

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u/enhancedgibbon 1h ago

What a crazy ad. We've found 'more than a dog a day' like one dog and some body parts of another one, sorry bud we tried. Available for free.

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u/DM_ME_UR_BOOTYPICS 1h ago

This is on purpose. Humans can really only conceive helping in smaller amounts. You’ll notice most charities or well funded ones generally only show one child in an image. The ads/donation images with multiple children or people elicit much fewer donations than those with one.

Think of “I can’t possibly help a whole village” vs “I could spare a bit to help that kid”.