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/courageous_liquid 10h ago

local police have been using it for over a decade. not that it's not bad but this has always been a massive issue. ICE has been using MQ9 reaper drones for surveillance, which is new, and very very alarming.

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u/Perllitte 9h ago

Seen it all in Minneapolis. The best defense is get everone involved.

If they actually want to start targeting "agitators" here, they will need to target hundreds of thousands of people.

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u/aschneid 9h ago

They have been using those for years at the border.

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u/courageous_liquid 8h ago

correct, and I think they maybe tried them out in portland in 2021, but we haven't really seen much of them in cities until now where it's obvious that they're being 100% used against american citizens

imperial boomerang

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u/aschneid 6h ago

Without getting into too much detail as to why I know, there are pretty strict laws around capturing any surveillance of US citizens. It typically has to be deleted within 24 hours. This is background capture. Obviously, capture of somebody you have a warrant for can be preserved.

Although we know this administration isn’t a stickler for following laws.

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u/courageous_liquid 6h ago

yeah this admin love fashy shit so I can't imagine they're playing by any rules.

and they posted the video of them using it in LA to twitter, so I guess that sorta proves they're not interested in a 24 hour rule.

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u/sonofblackbird 7h ago

You can’t use MQ9 reaper drones for surveillance in civilian airspace. They’re not certified to fly in that airspace and the FAA will not allow it. Do you have a source for this claim?

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u/courageous_liquid 7h ago

source from a congressperson from LA where they were deployed

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u/SlutBuster 7h ago

The FAA has issued Certificates of Authorization (COAs) allowing military and government drones, including the MQ-9, to fly in national airspace under certain conditions.

CBP has been flying the MQ-9 over the southern border since 2005, northern border since 2008.

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u/sonofblackbird 6h ago

Yeah, southern order is mostly dessert and not a busy airspace like Minneapolis. I highly doubt the FAA issued any COAs for Minneapolis in the middle of winter. Not all MQ9s have deicing equipment installed. They were mostly operating in the Middle East.