They showed us cute missing dogs & we consented to opt into a mass human tracking system.
I think Ring's wants to be Flock. On steroids.
Because instead of just sketchy cameras in parking lots, Search Party will cover your own backyards & homes.
And if you & your neighbors want to challenge the loss of privacy? Well, how exactly would you do that effectively?
Because, instead of going to the city council, looking at the contracts, and calling out your mayor for speeding your city to dystopia, it's massive and distributed.
Will you even know which of your neighbors is now helping to feed the system?
If we had half competent privacy regulators & laws in the US this kind of thing would be a big, hard fight for Ring.
Instead? It's a Super Bowl commercial.
Oh, and yeah Ring has already partnered with Flock Safety to incorporate tools letting the government directly request footage
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It's so gross. This was my immediate thought when the commercial came on too.
I never liked even the earlier version of Ring - or Siri or Alexa, and to hell with flock.
If you're willing to mount one of those cameras on your door, then you should be willing to put up with surveillance like this. Don't use this crap. Ring and flock are surveillance arms of the state.
So obvious to anybody with an IQ over 80.
Sometimes it’s hard not to feel like we’ve already lost the battle.
Partly because this exists, but more so because the vast majority of people will trade their privacy for just about any convenience. They will watch this commercial and think it’s a beautiful thing.
Opting out of the panopticon feels harder and harder.
But on the upside…. I found my dog.
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Fuck ring GM
Most people are. Which opts you in automatically. Have a good day.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them....
stop dreaming about a good government and good laws and good regulators
only the worst of the worst get at the top
voluntarism is the only solution
Might wanna pick up some just in case this takes off
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It's absolutely surveillance
Everywhere is London now
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All your data are belong to us! And you shared it willingly. We would insert an evil laugh, if we laughed - but we don't.
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This commercial was the most concerning of all the Super Bowl ones.
Yuck
A friend of mine was the director of AppSec at Ring before they were bought by amazon. He said once he saw them heading in this direction, he knew he had to leave. Some crazy stories in the midst of all that too.
Next everyone will be required to get a Ring implant to get a domestic airline ticket. Given how many took the knee for Real ID requirement, they'll do the same for the implant.
You won't be seeing me on any commercial flights.
It even feels unreal
This is a default setting too.