Old news, they cancelled the partnership last month. https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-and-flock-cancel-partnership/
“Cancelled”
Do we really believe that? I’m going to need more than “we pinky promise not to”
Ring is already a part of Amazon
Ring is no longer a part of Amazon as of 2023
No kidding?? So they were independent, then bought by Amazon, then sold??
Yeah kinda goofy of them
Nah, Ring hasn’t been part of Amazon for almost 3 years. Amazon has their own brand now, called Blink or something.
Damn i did not know that, thx
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
OP’s account exists only to post articles from this one source, I don’t think they’re a real person.
IIRC Amazon bought Ring quite some time ago. Run partnered with Flock a while back and then cancelled their contract recently? Correct me if I’m wrong.
“Cancelled” is corpo speak for “it’s too controversial right ow, we’ll try again later”.
Cost and Time to implement is the other reason it was cancelled (on top of Controversy), so it’s not something they’ll “likely try later”.
I don’t even remotely believe that. Cost is nothing since it would likely be funded by tax dollars, and the implementation is already mostly done.
I’m not one for conspiracy theories, so have fun with that.
Ring left Amazon back in 2023. And the Flock partnership was in October, and they canceled it last month due to backlash, time and cost.
Additionally, from the article:
In 2023, Amazon paid $5.8 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Ring employees and contractors had broad, unrestricted access to private customer videos due to inadequate safeguards, as documented in FTC settlement reporting.
Security researchers have identified vulnerabilities in Flock hardware.
More than 60 Flock surveillance cameras were previously found exposed on the open internet, allowing access to live feeds and archived footage, according to San News investigations.
Do high-powered lasers ruin the sensors on these?
Asking for a friend.
Yes, and they can also instantly blind at long ranges faster than the human eye can close, so don’t go firing them at people’s houses.
No need, they cancelled the partnership last month, this is old news, do some research before immediately trusting a post.
