Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to...
  • Chakravanti@monero.townEnglish
    2·
    4 days ago

    Frontier installs a Ring snitch on every one of their customers. Not at your door. On your modem. Inside. On you.

  • Da Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    22·
    5 days ago

    Which is why I went with a Chinese empire brand, TP-Link rather than an American one. I’d rather the CCP hav my data than the US.

    • who@feddit.orgEnglish
      7·
      5 days ago

      I’d rather the CCP hav my data than the US.

      Most of these are pointed at neighbors’ houses, public sidewalks, and streets. So we’re not talking about a Ring owner’s data, but non-consensual surveillance of other people.

      • Zexks@lemmy.world
        4·
        5 days ago

        If people weren’t pieces of shit we wouldn’t have to record everything. But yeah. This is reality and all. Still wouldn’t buy this ring Ring shit. It’s not hard these days to make your own private setup.