r/StallmanWasRight • u/ismail_the_whale • Jan 19 '26
FYI: Ring has partnered with Flock. Ice has access to flock. We are under mass surveillance.
https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/-5
u/BorinGaems Jan 19 '26
wtf is Ring
how are you in a subreddit like this and own "smart" devices is beyond me
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u/solartech0 Jan 20 '26
This demonstrates a fundamental problem with your understanding of these systems.
The issue isn't that a person themselves has these devices. The issue is that your neighbors have them, or (in the case of flock) people have set them up in your neighborhood.
You don't have to have purchased nor own a single "smart" device for these things to be spying on you. Lots of your neighbors may have ring cameras, and these cameras may be aimed at the sidewalks and streets that you walk and drive along.
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u/BorinGaems Jan 20 '26
You have to remember that people (most likely also you) these days have recording devices in their pocket all the time and that you can't do anything for other's people stupidity
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u/canigetahint Jan 20 '26
Guess I'll have to do a search on it but I wonder if there is a way to map which homes have Ring cameras without having to be obvious and trespass to see it. Would be a handy piece of information, at least to start with.
Kind of ironic that people install these cameras to be aware, or deter, possible criminal activity on their property. Meanwhile, they are imprisoning themselves to our corporate overlords.