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

submitted 6 hours ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 14 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

ten years too late

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 46 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like the second best time is 19 years ago

[–] Jikiya@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Nuh-uh, it was 19 years, 364 days, 23hours, 59 minutes ago!

I also completely missed the point of the saying, why do you ask?

[–] markz@suppo.fi 3 points 3 hours ago

I don't know if time is discrete, so I can't give a correct answer, but I think that is too late as well.