now they do it in secret
They’ll just do it under the table. Cancel your plans and get something you can record locally and stream yourself. Look into Amcrest with Hubitat or similar setup.
Wow they must have really taken a sales dive. Nice.
Ring tried to unshow their hand*
… You can’t unring that bell.
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Ring calls off public partnership with police surveillance provider Flock Safety
Aside from direct vandalism or persuasion, is there something I can do to combat the Ring cameras on nearly every door in my neighborhood?
I can’t think of anything, that’s kind of the options isn’t it? Buy your neighbors switchbots or reolink cameras as a gift? Them switching by choice is persuasion… forcing them to switch without giving them a choice is vandalism. I can’t fathom a 3rd category, unless you can like… sue the hell out of amazon and force a recall, but pretty sure the legal system doesn’t work that way.
There’s clothing you can wear.
A little drone with a laser?
What else could work, a smallish drone that lands/hovers near electronics, and kicks in an electromagnet to fry electronics. It could even have a probiscus like a mosquito to concentrate the magnetic force closer to the target.
Aside from asking nicely or doing it yourself, uhhh… do it with magic?
Lasers can break a lot of cameras. Idk strength but even multiple laster pointers were enough to take out some cameras. More powerful ones you get into eye protection problems though. One refraction and you can get permanent damage and you need specialized protection for your eyes to be sure as it’s different wavelengths of light than welding type protection that is cheaper because it’s more mass produced.
For now.
Do we only care while they do it or can we manage to care that they would do it?
They already have been doing it. This is just an upgrade to what they were already doing. Ring cameras were already being used by the police for years.
Incoming updated privacy statement
I’ve got most my neighbors to replace expensive doorbells with cheap ones with sd cards and better imaging. They’re happy to have spent $50-100 where it pays for itself in a year vs this shit.
Also why my home gym beats my old gym membership. Higher investment up front, better returns. Well done.
Any specific recommendations?
Not really. I bought a Fiet Electric one from Menards (like Home Depot). All my smart devices are on their own VLAN on my home net. Yes it’s still online connected for remote viewing, but gives me a little separation and immediate storage/historical access.
I think this is it. I cantt remember, I don’t use the doorbell
https://www.feit.com/products/doorbell-smart-wi-fi-camera-with-sd-card-cam-door-wifi-sd
Riiiiight 😉😉
Security cameras connected to the Internet are just…a terrible idea.
