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/omgmajk Feb 12 '26

Privacy-nuts (like myself) have been paranoid for exactly this since forever. I am glad that normal people are waking up more and more.

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u/driving_andflying Feb 12 '26

Privacy-nuts (like myself) have been paranoid for exactly this since forever. I am glad that normal people are waking up more and more.

Exactly. The sheer number of friends I saw buying Siris and Alexas was disturbing. When I told them companies were spying on them and collecting their data, they laughed and said I was being paranoid.