Ring aired a Super Bowl ad touting its Search Party feature that didn't quite get the intended buzz. Instead, the commercial scared the pants off of anyone concerned about a mass surveillance state.<br /> The feature is advertised as a way to reunite missing dogs with their owners, a noble cause indeed, but Search Party does this by turning individual Ring devices into a surveillance network. Each camera uses AI to identify pets running across its field of vision and all feeds are pooled together to potentially identify lost animals. I've never seen a slope quite so slippery, as the technology could easily be rejiggered to track people.<br /> Government: how can we get Americans to accept constant surveillance?Ring: PuppiesAmericans: PUPPIES!!!!!!— mark david (@M___ [...]
The House Judiciary Committee wants the US Department of Justice to turn over all its communications with both Apple and Google regarding the companies’ decisions to remove apps that shared informat [...]
Ring has canceled its partnership with Flock Safety, after receiving backlash for running a Super Bowl ad touting its Search Party feature. If you’ll recall, Ring revealed back in October 2025 that [...]
Among the myriad Memorial Day sales you can take advantage of, there are a bunch of notable ones on tech products. Take, for instance, the latest Ring Video Doorbell. This model will run you $55. That [...]