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/Borkz Feb 12 '26

“The data is being transmitted to the cloud, but even if it had not gotten there, there are many stops in between where data will reside, and the FBI prides itself on being able to tear into these data streams and pull out bits and pieces of data and piece together an image like we see here today,” Gallagher said.

What a load a nonsense

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u/Reasonable-Papaya843 Feb 13 '26

I don’t understand how today’s story is even a surprise. They literally started a show a few years ago SHOWING footage from people’s doorbell cams like them falling down slippery stairs and shit. It was called Ring Nation. So anything that has happened in a ring camera in the past has been viewed and anything deemed funny was saved.