Technology

81162 readers

4437 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related news or articles.
Be excellent to each other!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

L3s@lemmy.world

enu@lemmy.world

technopagan@lemmy.world

L4s@lemmy.world

L3s@hackingne.ws

1062

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

submitted 2 days ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

211 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

(page 4) 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

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

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

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People are sheep

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Power to the sheeple!

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

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

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

how the company can scan neighborhoods for missing dogs

Hilarious. Thanks for making me laugh.

[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Data privacy starts at home. From the onset, I was suspicious of my data in the ring camera or ring cloud; my old mechanical bell rules.

[–] rauls5@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

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

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

duct tape

load more comments