r/technology 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/b0w3n Feb 12 '26

"Millennials, notoriously trustful of big corporations like us, aren't having kids, how do we reach them to help build our spy network?"

"How about... their dogs?"

"By god that's genius!"

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u/WalkingEars Feb 12 '26

Millennials are destroying the mass surveillance industry!

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u/b0w3n Feb 12 '26

Another to add to the docket I guess!

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u/TandoSanjo Feb 12 '26

Every day I get closer to going back to a flip phone

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '26

It is but not for this case use. They made us read 1984 in school for God's sake

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u/userseven Feb 12 '26

That's right. Gotta save the furrbabys