Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance

1970-01-01 wrote: post #3

What backlash? "People voiced concerns" turns out to be 9 people if you follow the link. Where exactly is this backlash and why can't I smell it?

Ring has experienced backlash before when they allowed police departments to browse the imagery without any kind of oversight or warrant. And has changed their policies as a result (in the most minimal way but ok)

And these are pretty high profile people whose job it is to represent the people who will also have concerns but don't all contact the verge about it :)

By the way i use ring cameras too but I've already mitigated them a lot. Installed telephoto lenses that can only see the specific area I want them to see, and I removed the microphones so they can't hear what I'm saying. I got some free with my ring alarm so I didn't really want to waste the hardware either.

Re: Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance

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Post by wolvoleo » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 7:24 PM UTC

https://archive.is/J7KGU

Archive link posted because in some cases (not all, strange enough) there's a paywall ("subscribe to continue reading")

Re: Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance

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Post by ranger_danger » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 7:27 PM UTC

1970-01-01 wrote: post #3

What backlash? "People voiced concerns" turns out to be 9 people if you follow the link. Where exactly is this backlash and why can't I smell it?

If you search for this story on other sites, the comments are full of backlash.

Re: Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance

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Post by jedberg » Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC

Archelaos wrote: post #6

What exactly are the "neighborhood cameras" mentioned in the article?

Everyone's Ring doorbells and cameras.