They’ll just do it under the table. Cancel your plans and get something you can record locally and stream yourself. Look into Amcrest with Hubitat or similar setup.
Ring calls off partnership with police surveillance provider Flock Safety
Submitted 1 day ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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Marleyinoc@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
Frigate is good too
Zikeji@programming.dev 1 day ago
Just to add on to this:
Frigate is a open source solution that’ll take any RTSP capable camera and give it super powers. All those AI features the companies like Ring and Nest advertise, but locally. Sure, there is a learning curve - but it isn’t atrocious. And you’d need local hardware, but if you have a PC you could throw a $110 Coral USB Accelerator and get all this.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Wow they must have really taken a sales dive. Nice.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Ring tried to unshow their hand*
mikmorg@lemmy.world 1 day ago
… You can’t unring that bell.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
👏 slow clap
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day ago
NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Didn’t ring already prove they were permanently recording and storing the data from every ring camera even if the person that bought it doesn’t pay for a subscription?
The conspiracy theorists joking/lamenting about how seemingly everyone decided that buying a listening device to put in every room was fine because it had a name, and not long after, the same company known for exploiting its warehouse workers, union busting and general privacy violations brought out the ‘build your own panopticon’ kit.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They may have done, but if you’re referring to the kidnapped woman who’s footage was pulled from the backend after they said she didn’t have a subscription, she had a Google Nest Camera.
I wouldn’t doubt that Amazon does this too but Google is just as bad if not worse.
baru@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Didn’t ring already prove
That was Google Nest. Though those cameras always gave you 3 hours to watch back footage, even without a subscription.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Didn’t ring already prove they were permanently recording and storing the data from every ring camera even if the person that bought it doesn’t pay for a subscription?
I have no idea.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Aside from direct vandalism or persuasion, is there something I can do to combat the Ring cameras on nearly every door in my neighborhood?
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
There’s clothing you can wear.
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Build a giant animatronic ring doorbell camera with binoculars that peers into your neighbors homes, wearing a “Hello, my name is Big Brother” sticker?
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
A little drone with a laser?
hector@lemmy.today 1 day ago
What else could work, a smallish drone that lands/hovers near electronics, and kicks in an electromagnet to fry electronics. It could even have a probiscus like a mosquito to concentrate the magnetic force closer to the target.
frongt@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Aside from asking nicely or doing it yourself, uhhh… do it with magic?
hector@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Lasers can break a lot of cameras. Idk strength but even multiple laster pointers were enough to take out some cameras. More powerful ones you get into eye protection problems though. One refraction and you can get permanent damage and you need specialized protection for your eyes to be sure as it’s different wavelengths of light than welding type protection that is cheaper because it’s more mass produced.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For now.
mrnobody@reddthat.com 1 day ago
I’ve got most my neighbors to replace expensive doorbells with cheap ones with sd cards and better imaging. They’re happy to have spent $50-100 where it pays for itself in a year vs this shit.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Also why my home gym beats my old gym membership. Higher investment up front, better returns. Well done.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Any specific recommendations?
mrnobody@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Not really. I bought a Fiet Electric one from Menards (like Home Depot). All my smart devices are on their own VLAN on my home net. Yes it’s still online connected for remote viewing, but gives me a little separation and immediate storage/historical access.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Incoming updated privacy statement
minorkeys@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Do we only care while they do it or can we manage to care that they would do it?
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
They already have been doing it. This is just an upgrade to what they were already doing. Ring cameras were already being used by the police for years.
TwinTitans@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Security cameras connected to the Internet are just…a terrible idea.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Riiiiight 😉😉
winni@piefed.social 1 day ago
now they do it in secret
Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
Dhs Just take the data from the cloud providers
hector@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Plus remember that all data broker information, all of it, is bought by the feds that distribute it to agencies.
Even before that, the NSA revelations showed that the feds would populate their ill gotten information, and half baked conclusions thereof, down to local police in their law enforcement information networks. Not attributed of course, idk how they do it exactly it’s pretty secretive we could use some more investigative reporting on LEINs.
But the 4th amendment is in effect dead. Police just use private interests to violate your privacy without warrants or judicial scrutiny, and then parallel construct a legal way of finding that information if they want to use it in court. Judges are chosen to pretend to believe them, which is why the police are so arrogant they lie about executing Pretti and Good despite multiple videos contradicting their testimonies.