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.
There’s no focus on my cameras, but they’re set not to detect people unless them come into zones near the house.
Hahhaha no they don’t tell you unless they come into zones you define.
They watch whatever the hell they like
No “they” involved in my case, my cameras are not connected to the Internet. Didn’t realize the prior focus comment was for cameras in general.
Yeah, the data is too valuable not to record all day long.