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Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras? (www.usatoday.com)
submitted 20 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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[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] Zwrt@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Or hear me out,

Buy one that stores its data only on your local network and does not rely on corporate cloud or servers in any way or form.

This counts for all most all consumer home technology.

People should think about a NASS or Home servers like they do about owning a vehicle.

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Build a server….in this economy? With these component prices?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 5 minutes ago

You can get an old HP microserver on eBay for less than 100 bucks. Still runs fine. I threw debian on it. Great for starting out... I use mine for backups, services and Jellyfin.

[–] Widukin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I just installed Linux on my old laptop, added a 4Tb SSD and some HDDs connected with a docking bay and voilà, I have a server. Getting into the software side, now that's a bit harder but manageable.

[–] Zwrt@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 31 minutes ago

I recommend proxmox!

[–] ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah right. Next you'll be telling people to get off corporate owned social media and use something without an algorithm.

[–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

use something without an algorithm.

Lemmy uses an algorithm.

[–] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (3 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

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 3 points 4 hours ago

For anyone not liking Tapo, a good alternative is Reolink. They offer about the same features, but use cameras with higher megapixels.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

what is ha and frigate

[–] Longylonglong@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

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

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

How do you manage remote viewing without internet?

[–] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

2 methods

home assistant (installed on mini pc thru proxmox) via the tapo: camera controls integration

frigate(installed on a dsm 7.2 synology) via go2rtc (mini pc)

also i've set my routers firewall settings so all the wifi cameras can only see eachother (and the mini pc)

edit: oh and tailscale

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

A file server by Synology will have built-in software for this, or you can get a free one by not using a Synology server

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Seance or crystal ball, mainly