Well… there goes my Ring setup. Time to look at CCTV solutions that are local.
They ask "glub blrlblbl" because they're already gargling LEO plum-smugglers.Increasingly chummy? I thought their whole MO was already asking “how high” whenever a cop said “jump.”
I'd watch that movie.would be nice to see a bunch of Ring doorbells getting sledgehammered and the videos posted to social...![]()
However, that seems like it's just an open door to subpoena any Ring customer who doesn't choose to submit. After all, who the fuck believes the cops are a "local public safety agency"? They're LAW ENFORCEMENT, and with a fascist in charge of the nation, they can do what the fuck they please without a lot of brakes on their activities.“Any footage a Ring customer chooses to submit will be securely packaged by Flock and shared directly with the requesting local public safety agency through the FlockOS or Flock Nova platform,” the announcement reads.
“Any footage a Ring customer chooses to submit will be...
If anyone has details on the opt-out process, I'll forward to the people I know who I have been unable to convince their Ring is a trojan horse but who would opt out from this.“It will be turned on for free for every customer, and I think all of them will use it,”
More likely... "It will be enabled by default for every customer, and disabling it will be very, very hard to do”
I was going to say the same thing. If anyone thought Amazon wouldn’t jump at the chance to join the surveillance state to enforce fascism on society, they need only look at how they treat their own employees.Big business and big money has always been authoritarian adjacent and in many instances, outright complicit.
In many ways, its how big corporations operate internally, so its not out of their comfort level.
That's nothing new - only real difference is that its now happening here instead of "over-there somewhere"
I sat in on a Flock sales pitch to an HOA a few years ago. Thankfully, most of the board had the sense to run screaming without involving the lawyer.Person I know is on the board for her community HOA and thought about getting Flock cameras until they had a lawyer look at the T&Cs. Lawyer, apparently, advised them to run screaming.
And, he's off by 40 yrs.Orwell got it wrong.
We don't have Big Brother.
We have a lot of bratty little brothers.
Requests must include “specific location and timeframe of the incident, a unique investigation code, and details about what is being investigated,” and users can look at the requests anonymously, Flock said.
It's because, as bad as their privacy practices are, they do so many other things that are worse.I’m honestly surprised Amazon doesn’t get FB level flack for how deliberately evil their privacy stances are. At this point they really should have a widespread skepticism of using any of their devices
I've replaced some of my Ring cameras with Unifi, but the lack of battery powered options is limiting. I live in a condo and can't make any holes through the exterior walls for cabling. So for now, I still have some ring battery powered cameras and a doorbell.Guess it’s finally time to pull the trigger on replacing all the Ring cameras that came with my house with UniFi gear.
If you start from "I can't", you will prove yourself right. Just think bigger: Take over the condo association, change the rules to suit your needs.I live in a condo and can't make any holes through the exterior walls for cabling.
This is the way to go. Local hosting.Dumped my Ring cameras last year and installed Frigate as a Home Assistant Add-on (might move it to it's own box at some point). Bought a Reolink doorbell camera to replace the Ring doorbell and a mix of EmpireTech cameras to replace the other Ring cameras. 7 cameras in all.
Everything is hosted/stored locally and I've gained features and have much better picture quality. So much better than Ring and no subscription.