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Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras? (www.usatoday.com)
submitted 2 months ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A Super Bowl ad for Ring security cameras boasting how the company can scan neighborhoods for missing dogs has prompted some customers to remove or even destroy their cameras.

Online, videos of people removing or destroying their Ring cameras have gone viral. One video posted by Seattle-based artist Maggie Butler shows her pulling off her porch-facing camera and flipping it the middle finger.

Butler explained that she originally bought the camera to protect against package thefts, but decided the pet-tracking system raised too many concerns about government access to data.

"They aren't just tracking lost dogs, they're tracking you and your neighbors," Butler said in the video that has more than 3.2 million views.

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[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 months ago (9 children)

I chose Reolink. AFAICT it's not leaking anything outside my network and it's fairly inexpensive. Not as cheap as the subsidized Ring brand but hey, at least I own them.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I've been worried about security, and therefore haven't even researched the options. I'd like to have one, but I don't want people able to see what's happening without me allowing it for specific footage. Only guaranteed way was to just not have any. I could do local only, but there is less utility with that. So, it wasn't worth the effort and cost.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

PoE, no wifi for me. The DVR is in the rack, I keep meaning to back it up to a cloud account of some sort but haven't gotten around to it so if you break into my house and steal the NVR I won't have a record of you being there.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

I have my security alerts sent to Telegram from Frigate just so it's in another location for that reason.

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