New post: Goodbye, Ring. I’m Not Buying Into Your Mass Surveillance.

Ring’s Super Bowl ad tried to make surveillance feel wholesome.

I’m not buying it.

Search Party, default opt-in scanning, and the constant drift toward “your neighborhood as a sensor network” was my last straw. I’m removing my Ring.

https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/goodbye-ring-im-not-buying-into-your-mass-surveillance/

#privacy #cybersecurity #surveillance #smarthome #ring

Ring used the Super Bowl to launch “Search Party,” an AI feature that turns neighborhood cameras into a network to find a lost dog.

This isn’t about lost dogs. It’s about normalizing automated neighborhood surveillance.

https://www.404media.co/with-ring-american-consumers-built-a-surveillance-dragnet/

#ring #surveillance #tech #privacy #superbowl #flock

New post: Goodbye, Ring. I’m Not Buying Into Your Mass Surveillance.

Ring’s Super Bowl ad tried to make surveillance feel wholesome.

I’m not buying it.

Search Party, default opt-in scanning, and the constant drift toward “your neighborhood as a sensor network” was my last straw. I’m removing my Ring.

https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/goodbye-ring-im-not-buying-into-your-mass-surveillance/

#privacy #cybersecurity #surveillance #smarthome #ring

“ #Ring has a history of #privacy violations, enabling #surveillance of innocents & #protestors, and close collaboration with law enforcement…. The cameras, which many people buy & install to identify potential porch pirates or get a look at anyone that might be on their doorstep, feature microphones that have been found to capture audio from the street. In 2023, Ring settled with the FTC over the extensive access it gave employees to personal customer footage.” | EFF https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-0

The public isn't buying Ring's bullshit!

'Dystopian' Ring Search Party feature sparks public backlash [Video] - 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/11/dystopian-ring-search-party-feature-sparks-public-backlash-video/

#Dystopian #Ring #SearchParty #Surveillance #Security #Privacy #Tech

The public isn't buying Ring's bullshit!

'Dystopian' Ring Search Party feature sparks public backlash [Video] - 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/11/dystopian-ring-search-party-feature-sparks-public-backlash-video/

#Dystopian #Ring #SearchParty #Surveillance #Security #Privacy #Tech

Ring used the Super Bowl to launch “Search Party,” an AI feature that turns neighborhood cameras into a network to find a lost dog.

This isn’t about lost dogs. It’s about normalizing automated neighborhood surveillance.

https://www.404media.co/with-ring-american-consumers-built-a-surveillance-dragnet/

#ring #surveillance #tech #privacy #superbowl #flock

With #Ring, American Consumers Built a #Surveillance Dragnet

https://www.404media.co/with-ring-american-consumers-built-a-surveillance-dragnet/

#privacy #Amazon #SuperBowl #SearchParty

“ #Ring has a history of #privacy violations, enabling #surveillance of innocents & #protestors, and close collaboration with law enforcement…. The cameras, which many people buy & install to identify potential porch pirates or get a look at anyone that might be on their doorstep, feature microphones that have been found to capture audio from the street. In 2023, Ring settled with the FTC over the extensive access it gave employees to personal customer footage.” | EFF https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-0

Consider mapping Amazon Ring surveillance camera locations.

BIOMETRIC DATA COLLECTION

Faceprint / Voiceprint / Gait

NOTICE

Cameras collect data from private and public adjacent properties.

HOW TO MAP CAMERA LOCATIONS

Instructions: https://mastodon.online/@blueghost/112846398602774849

HOW TO VIEW MAPPED CAMERA LOCATIONS

Surveillance under Surveillance: https://mastodon.online/@blueghost/111572159282890804

#Ring #Surveillance #Privacy #InfoSec #OpenStreetMap #Security #OSM #FacialRecognition #Faceprint #Voiceprint #Gait #Biometrics #DataCollection

Consider mapping Amazon Ring surveillance camera locations.

BIOMETRIC DATA COLLECTION

Faceprint / Voiceprint / Gait

NOTICE

Cameras collect data from private and public adjacent properties.

HOW TO MAP CAMERA LOCATIONS

Instructions: https://mastodon.online/@blueghost/112846398602774849

HOW TO VIEW MAPPED CAMERA LOCATIONS

Surveillance under Surveillance: https://mastodon.online/@blueghost/111572159282890804

#Ring #Surveillance #Privacy #InfoSec #OpenStreetMap #Security #OSM #FacialRecognition #Faceprint #Voiceprint #Gait #Biometrics #DataCollection

With #Ring, American Consumers Built a #Surveillance Dragnet

https://www.404media.co/with-ring-american-consumers-built-a-surveillance-dragnet/

#privacy #Amazon #SuperBowl #SearchParty

@eff
Amazon has been in the surveillance and data collection and data mining game for most of its years.

They even tried to buy Roomba, which exists to send 3d images of your floor plan back to h.q. under the guise of cleaning.

IOT was never about our convenience. It was always about surveillance.

Do people really not know these things or are they waiting for the bandwagon to feel some kind of way?

None of this is new.
#surveillance #ring #amazon

@eff
Amazon has been in the surveillance and data collection and data mining game for most of its years.

They even tried to buy Roomba, which exists to send 3d images of your floor plan back to h.q. under the guise of cleaning.

IOT was never about our convenience. It was always about surveillance.

Do people really not know these things or are they waiting for the bandwagon to feel some kind of way?

None of this is new.
#surveillance #ring #amazon

@eff

How do we install the resistance on Ring, disconnect it from ICE?

Asking for a nation. A species that will not suffer tyrants.

#ring

With #Ring, #America's Consumers Built a #Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's ' #SearchParty' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
It does not take an imagination of any sort to envision this being tweaked to work against suspected criminals, undocumented immigrants, or others deemed ‘suspicious’ by people in the neighborhood. Many of these use cases are how Ring has been used by people on its dystopian “Neighbors” app for years.
https://www.404media.co/with-ring-american-consumers-built-a-surveillance-dragnet/
https://archive.ph/mp3qO

With #Ring, #America's Consumers Built a #Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's ' #SearchParty' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
It does not take an imagination of any sort to envision this being tweaked to work against suspected criminals, undocumented immigrants, or others deemed ‘suspicious’ by people in the neighborhood. Many of these use cases are how Ring has been used by people on its dystopian “Neighbors” app for years.
https://www.404media.co/with-ring-american-consumers-built-a-surveillance-dragnet/
https://archive.ph/mp3qO