Hell my relatives gifted me an amazon Alexa. I never even opened the box it came in. Lol
Comment on Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
jabberwock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
FWIW, Ring announced they were canceling their partnership with Flock a few days ago following the Superbowl ad where they were universally dragged. blog.ring.com/…/ring-and-flock-cancel-partnership…
Do I think Ring is still running some sort of analytics on video feeds? Probably. Should you put anything from Amazon directly in the trash? Absolutely.
Silver lining I guess is that public pressure still works at least a little when companies try to go straight dystopian.
LordCrom@lemmy.world 1 day ago
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They’re still doing the same with a different company. Don’t remember the name.
jabberwock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Well I’ll be got-damned, looks like Search Party is a feature native to the Ring Neighbors platform and separate from the whole Flock partnership. cnet.com/…/what-does-rings-search-party-ai-pet-tr…
Specifically, this feature appears opt-out, so if someone does have a Ring camera, good idea to take a spin through the settings. Or, the easiest remediation was my original suggestion, chuck it in the bin (or responsibly dispose of it, if you can).
SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
The partnership will happen later on when the noise has died down, and it won’t be publicized.
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, exactly. That shit’s not gone at all. It’s just hidden for now. And if we the public don’t pay for it directly as a feature, these companies will still scoop up the data and just sell it to each other.