Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

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Post by c420 » Thu, Feb 12, 2026, 11:51 PM UTC

Re: Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

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Post by minimaxir » Thu, Feb 12, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC

Which Super Bowl LX ads haven't backfired yet?

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Post by vgeek » Thu, Feb 12, 2026, 11:56 PM UTC

Spiderman pointing at Spiderman?

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Post by ramuel » Fri, Feb 13, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #2

Which Super Bowl LX ads haven't backfired yet?

The Anthropic one? Although I'm sure they'll put ads into claude eventually

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Post by RupertSalt » Fri, Feb 13, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC

Now whenever the cameras detect a lost dog, all your neighbors' phones begin playing "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan

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Post by dgxyz » Fri, Feb 13, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC

This is a temporary rollback while there’s a choice to speak against it.

Cloud connected doorbells must die as well as dragnet surveillance.

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Post by roganp » Fri, Feb 13, 2026, 12:06 AM UTC

I hope everyone will remember how eagerly AMZN's subsidiary was willing to sell it's cameras to whomever was willing to pay.

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Post by murillians » Fri, Feb 13, 2026, 12:07 AM UTC

Meaning they’ll wait until about June and then quietly roll it out

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 13, 2026, 12:13 AM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #2

Which Super Bowl LX ads haven't backfired yet?

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Post by dgxyz » Fri, Feb 13, 2026, 12:13 AM UTC

vgeek wrote: post #3

Spiderman pointing at Spiderman?

The tech industry is a bloody Spider-Man pointing orgy at this point.