It would not surprise me if this inspired systematic vandalism of these devices. Not that I would ever advocate for such a thing.
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2026
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You know they are in all of your cloud connected cameras, inside your home, inside your tesla, pretty much everywhere you have a camera... Definitely not just at your front door. The key thing to understand about the surveillance state is that they only acknowledge access of personal data if they intend to use it in a court room. Most of it is just used for spying, information gathering, and parallel construction if necessary.
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Free law enforcement access to my private security system? Seems like a bad idea.
Are people going to start listening to their "paranoid" nephews yet?
Reason #186729 why it's insane to have no right to privacy in public.
Fun fact: Recording the public is illegal in Germany. Any private video camera must only be able to record your own property. If you do record (and store - smart doorbells without storage that are only active when they are rung are exempted) material you must have visible warnings (that others can see BEFORE being recorded) or else any evidence you collect is likely to be thrown out in court.
It's the same here in Sweden. You're definitely allowed to vlog and such, if you're recording yourself, or general environment stuff for a purpose that's okay. You aren't allowed to surveil public areas. Naturally this also means that doorbell cameras can be perfectly fine, provided they don't catch public spaces. If your door points sideways for example, and there's a hedge blocking any public space, you're fine.
If you're in a flat and you're recording the stairwell, well that's illegal.
Crazy how a company owned by Amazon would do this. /s
This may finally convince my parents to get rid of their ring camera. Thank you
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Yeah, the idea of Amazon running my home security did NOT appeal to me. I went with another brand.
Ah, the ol' fascist switcheroo
It's just out in the open, you're too stupid if you think they didn't do it already.
My old ring is in a box ready to go to electronics resell/recycling. Maybe it needs a meeting with my friend Sledge before it goes out, so it can't hurt anyone again.
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In case it wasn't obvious, you have to be pretty fucking stupid to install surveillance in your own house linked to tech corporations, with your own money, while generating a profit for them.
