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Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras? (www.usatoday.com)

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A Super Bowl ad for Ring security cameras boasting how the company can scan neighborhoods for missing dogs has prompted some customers to remove or even destroy their cameras.

Online, videos of people removing or destroying their Ring cameras have gone viral. One video posted by Seattle-based artist Maggie Butler shows her pulling off her porch-facing camera and flipping it the middle finger.

Butler explained that she originally bought the camera to protect against package thefts, but decided the pet-tracking system raised too many concerns about government access to data.

"They aren't just tracking lost dogs, they're tracking you and your neighbors," Butler said in the video that has more than 3.2 million views.

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[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 day ago (26 children)

just get a Chinese one like tapo so that the Chinese government can spy on you instead

[–] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

i have 5 tapo cameras because they're cheap and work well in HA and frigate and they aren't allowed on the internet and only communicate with the app during onboarding and...

okay i'll get rid of them

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

what is ha and frigate

[–] Longylonglong@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

HA = Home Assistent, to manage your smart home Frigate = Self Hosted Webcam Server

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