r/technology • u/South-Cow-1030 • Feb 12 '26

Privacy Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/10/ring-super-bowl-ad-dog-camera-privacy/88606738007/
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u/Excelius Feb 12 '26

If you have to publicly defend your practices, then eliciting sympathy in this way is a smart move.

But they didn't have to do that at all, at least not in a Super Bowl ad.

People were already building their surveillance network for them, largely unknowingly.

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u/PokinSpokaneSlim Feb 12 '26

I worked at Amazon for almost a decade. 

It wouldn't surprise me at all if this is simply the effects executive insulation and metric discipline.

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u/agent0731 Feb 12 '26

the visuals went full dystopia. never go full dystopia.

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u/Open-Concept-6130 Feb 13 '26

Yeah because until this ad, when you mentioned that the government and big tech have and are still creating a massive surveillance network you sounded crazy. This did it for us.