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Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
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Bluefalcon discuss.tchncs.de Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de
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#52 · Quote Reply

What if your kid runs off? Your elderly mother wondered off? A break in was reported down the road? What if all non whites are labeled terrorist? We need to watch you 24/7. Obey

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Raiderkev lemmy.world Raiderkev@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#53 · Quote Reply

Lol fucking duh

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Lettuce eat lettuce lemmy.ml Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-12
#54 · Quote Reply

Breaking News! Multiple forks discovered in kitchen, exclusive coverage tonight at 11:00!

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Adalast lemmy.world Adalast@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-03
#55 · Quote Reply

And in other breaking news: the sky is blue, tree pretty, and fire hot.

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SparroHawc lemmy.zip SparroHawc@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-04
#56 · Quote Reply

FWIW, Ring announced they were canceling their partnership with Flock a few days ago following the Superbowl ad where they were universally dragged. https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-and-flock-cancel-partnership/ Do I think Ring is still running some sort of analytics on video feeds? Probably. Should you put anything from Amazon directly in the trash? Absolutely. Silver lining I guess is th...

The partnership will happen later on when the noise has died down, and it won't be publicized.

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-10-06
#57 · Quote Reply

Off the record, Siminoff could be heard saying "Dogs today, blacks tomorrow and people later."^[Citation needed]

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village604 adultswim.fan village604@adultswim.fan
Joined: 2025-09-27
#58 · Quote Reply

And in other breaking news: the sky is blue, tree pretty, and fire hot.

Only if it's a lemon tree.

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ChunkMcHorkle lemmy.world ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
#59 · Quote Reply

The partnership will happen later on when the noise has died down, and it won't be publicized.

Yeah, exactly. That shit's not gone at all. It's just hidden for now. And if we the public don't pay for it directly as a feature, these companies will still scoop up the data and just sell it to each other.

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foodandart lemmy.zip foodandart@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-10-07
#60 · Quote Reply

You can bet none of those people that argued with you and ridiculed your predictions will admit it now. That personality never will. How far back are we talking about with those predictions though out of curiousity?

Oooh, IIRC it dawned on me about the time that facebook insisted all users have their actual names on their pages. (I can't remember when that was, maybe 2012 or 2013? Not sure, it was a while ago however.)

That was the red flag for me.

It was also the point when I deleted my posts and comments on fb (it took months to get it all) then unfriended everyone and logged out for a month. When I logged back in I had a handful of comments on the (ex-)friends pages that popped up, since the feed will scour the servers to show you content on your home page, so I re-friended them, deleted the comments, logged out and waited another month. After the last time I logged in (I did four deletion waves of comments) fb was showing me totally random strangers "I Might Know.."

Perfect.

I then changed up my primary email on FB to my yahoo throwaway, logged out for another month, logged in with the new email and made a totally fake name for myself.. Who I am does not exist on facebook, nor are any friends or family listed as friends and no one can see anything on my page.

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discocactus lemmy.world discocactus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-01-22
#61 · Quote Reply

😱

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Crackhappy lemmy.world Crackhappy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
#62 · Quote Reply

Only if it's a lemon tree.

As long as there are no whores about.

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NotMyOldRedditName lemmy.world NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-24
#63 · Quote Reply

No shit Sherlock

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faythofdragons slrpnk.net faythofdragons@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-12-13
#64 · Quote Reply

As long as there are no whores about.

I bet we could convince the lemon stealing whores to join the lemon party.

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myfunnyaccountname lemmy.zip myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-05
#65 · Quote Reply

Y’all just need to think about the shareholders.

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samus12345 sh.itjust.works samus12345@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-03
#66 · Quote Reply

I have to say, it's nice that they got called out on this immediately for a change.

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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-26
#67 · Quote Reply

FWIW, Ring announced they were canceling their partnership with Flock a few days ago following the Superbowl ad where they were universally dragged. https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-and-flock-cancel-partnership/ Do I think Ring is still running some sort of analytics on video feeds? Probably. Should you put anything from Amazon directly in the trash? Absolutely. Silver lining I guess is th...

They're still doing the same with a different company. Don't remember the name.

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-30
#68 · Quote Reply

It's about dogs and crime. Sure.

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Elroc lemmus.org Elroc@lemmus.org
Joined: 2026-02-12
#69 · Quote Reply

Only if it's a lemon tree.

A lemon tree, my dear Watson?

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The D Quuuuuill slrpnk.net Quill7513@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-06-26
#70 · Quote Reply

fuckin'… they were expanding into dogs to distract from what the system was really for

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LordCrom lemmy.world LordCrom@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-23
#71 · Quote Reply

fuckin'… they were expanding into dogs to distract from what the system was really for

Hell, they were saying it was for dogs so stupid people would get their heart strings pulled and blindly sign up.

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LordCrom lemmy.world LordCrom@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-23
#72 · Quote Reply

No kidding? Next thing you will be telling us that chatcontrol and age checks on the internet will be used for more than just protecting kids from pedophiles and be extended to crushing dissent and opposition and democracy itself, and building social scores on us with all information including these cameras that will be used secretly against us in a way we cannot know or challenge to determine ...

Dont forget claims they also ate children.

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LordCrom lemmy.world LordCrom@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-23
#73 · Quote Reply

FWIW, Ring announced they were canceling their partnership with Flock a few days ago following the Superbowl ad where they were universally dragged. https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-and-flock-cancel-partnership/ Do I think Ring is still running some sort of analytics on video feeds? Probably. Should you put anything from Amazon directly in the trash? Absolutely. Silver lining I guess is th...

Hell my relatives gifted me an amazon Alexa. I never even opened the box it came in. Lol

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FauxLiving lemmy.world FauxLiving@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-10
#74 · Quote Reply

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JasonDJ lemmy.zip JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-01-16
#75 · Quote Reply

fuckin'… they were expanding into dogs to distract from what the system was really for

I never even heard of it before the superb owl ad. I couldn't believe how dirty it was to tug at our heartstrings to make us pay them to spy on us.

What the fuck, America?

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Pricklesthemagicfish reddthat.com Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com
Joined: 2026-02-17
#76 · Quote Reply

I never even heard of it before the superb owl ad. I couldn't believe how dirty it was to tug at our heartstrings to make us pay them to spy on us. What the fuck, America?

Wait till you learn about flock cameras and the raven sound detection

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Weirstone lemmy.world Weirstone@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-09
#77 · Quote Reply

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jabberwock lemmy.dbzer0.com jabberwock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-04
#78 · Quote Reply

They're still doing the same with a different company. Don't remember the name.

Well I'll be got-damned, looks like Search Party is a feature native to the Ring Neighbors platform and separate from the whole Flock partnership.
https://www.cnet.com/home/security/what-does-rings-search-party-ai-pet-tracking-do-to-your-privacy-i-got-the-details/

Specifically, this feature appears opt-out, so if someone does have a Ring camera, good idea to take a spin through the settings. Or, the easiest remediation was my original suggestion, chuck it in the bin (or responsibly dispose of it, if you can).

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Echo Dot feddit.uk echodot@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-07-26
#79 · Quote Reply

Wait till you learn about flock cameras and the raven sound detection

Is that the one listening out for gunshots? I don't necessarily have a problem with that unless it's listening in on conversations or something. But that would be a pretty good mic.

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Earthman_Jim lemmy.zip Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-12-28
#80 · Quote Reply

Ancient book of Arabic numerals reveals 2 comes after 1.

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Cocodapuf lemmy.world Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-06
#81 · Quote Reply

Yep, 99% of dogs beat 99.99999% of people. And 99% of cats do the same.

I'm with you on dogs.

But i'd never trust a cat... They know why.

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FauxLiving lemmy.world FauxLiving@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-10
#82 · Quote Reply

Ok guys, hear me out.

I need you to buy these cameras and put them on your face.

We will record your video for you and keep it safe for you and never give your data to anybody and we'll do all of this for free.

We'll also give you all of the software and setup all of the servers for you. Don't you worry your silly head about needing to learn anything about how to use technology, just give us your life-long dependence as we'll take care of everything. Also, AI.*

Also, you will help save puppies and children and you are on the side of puppies and children, right? This is a great deal! You can stop reading here, just click the button to agree... for the puppies.

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spoiler

You also grant to us full, exclusive, worldwide, in perpetuity, until the sun falls the rights to use your likeness, words, thoughts, essence, and produces in any manner that we, in our sole discretion, see fit and you also agree to submit to binding arbitration for any disputes

In exchange, We will never give away your data. But we will ruthlessly exploit OUR licensed copy of your data to sell to anybody who can do a wire transfer.

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ZILtoid1991 lemmy.world ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-16
#83 · Quote Reply

Breaking news: Fire is hot.

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resipsaloquitur lemmy.world resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-04
#84 · Quote Reply

Proof that you don’t have to be smart to be rich and powerful. Have you seen the grammar used in emails to & from Trump & Epstein?

https://www.elizabethspiers.com/on-the-epstein-files-and-oligarchs-with-room-temperature-iqs/

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The D Quuuuuill slrpnk.net Quill7513@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-06-26
#85 · Quote Reply

Is that the one listening out for gunshots? I don't necessarily have a problem with that unless it's listening in on conversations or something. But that would be a pretty good mic.

always assume the equipment of our open air prison panopticon is more capable than they admit, but also never let them stop you from speaking truth

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OppaGundamStyle discuss.tchncs.de OppaGundamStyle@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-02-11
#86 · Quote Reply

No way! It seemed so authentic when they said they’d search for dogs.

Imagine how evil you have to be to use dogs to sell mass surveillance.

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Pricklesthemagicfish reddthat.com Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com
Joined: 2026-02-17
#87 · Quote Reply

Is that the one listening out for gunshots? I don't necessarily have a problem with that unless it's listening in on conversations or something. But that would be a pretty good mic.

No its only for listening for lost dog barks. /s

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0x0 lemmy.zip 0x0@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-04-04
#88 · Quote Reply

As long as there are no whores about.

Hey! It's their chinese year, show some respect!

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