Post #2795077
2026-01-19 18:53 UTC
The only thing worse than giving info to Amazon, is having no security for your home. I have a ring camera that was a gift from my previous employer when I moved states and I'm very glad to have it. It faces my street, where anybody can see anyways so privacy is not a concern. I'd never put ring cameras inside or in the rear of my house, and would rather not use ring but given what a life saver it has been since i bought my house several times, i will not be doin without until I can replace with a offline system. But being able to check in at work is nice, and any security is better than no security. Hell just bolting an old cctv camera to the side of your house without hooking it up is better than nothing.
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@Tinidril@midwest.social 2026-01-20 07:16
That ring camera is still absolutely a privacy threat, if not to you, than to your neighbors. Ring is partnering with flock on mass surveillance with facial recognition. That camera belongs to ICE just as much as it belongs to you, if not more since they can have AI "watch" it 24x7.
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@lattrommi@lemmy.ml 2026-01-24 01:05
Ring has partnered with Flock. The Flock network is regularly accessed by law enforcement with almost no oversight. OP is in rural Nebraska. There is a 99% chance the caller is either law enforcement or friends with law enforcement who will happily check a ring camera that anyone owns, hell, they'd probably monitor every ring camera on OP's entire street for a month, for a 6 pack of Natty Lite.