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Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras? (www.usatoday.com)

submitted 1 month ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A Super Bowl ad for Ring security cameras boasting how the company can scan neighborhoods for missing dogs has prompted some customers to remove or even destroy their cameras.

Online, videos of people removing or destroying their Ring cameras have gone viral. One video posted by Seattle-based artist Maggie Butler shows her pulling off her porch-facing camera and flipping it the middle finger.

Butler explained that she originally bought the camera to protect against package thefts, but decided the pet-tracking system raised too many concerns about government access to data.

"They aren't just tracking lost dogs, they're tracking you and your neighbors," Butler said in the video that has more than 3.2 million views.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Because they all connect to the Kremlin via a single washing machine CPU.

[–] Biohive@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Why not?

[–] rauls5@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Switched to Logitech a while back. Uses iCloud encrypted storage.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I think the better question is why they didn't do it sooner

[–] xSikes@feddit.online 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why hasn’t everyone done this to their any cloud services door bell?

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[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

does anyone have a link to the original superbowl ad?

Found it: https://youtu.be/hiaIHLwJvPQ?t=1449

[–] wendythedruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

I went with industry standard localized cameras that I could rider python on two of my servers at home for. Id love to try to hack up a ring , see if I could extract out what makes it "evil" and leave the rest, to even a relay to another server or something.

Things I think about.

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