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Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras? (www.usatoday.com)
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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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[โ€“] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Tell me without telling me that you've never needed the police to do anything useful.

[โ€“] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Are you kidding? Police LOVE investigating petty vandalism. Almost as much as DAs love prosecuting them! Top priority. Clearance rates are very high. You may have to call them 2 or three times before sleepy fatass deputy (who it too stupid to do anything else) will come and take make a report but trust me, they really do care, and will stop at nothing to achieve justice for your spy gadget.

Half the prison population in US are people who drew swastikas on Teslas.

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