Amazon’s Ring cancels Flock partnership amid Super Bowl ad backlash (archive.ph)

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Amazon’s Ring has terminated its partnership with police tech company Flock Safety.
The partnership came under scrutiny after the Amazon doorbell company ran an ad during the Super Bowl that touted a “Search Party” feature that uses AI to help locate lost pets.
Ring’s decision to cancel its partnership with Flock comes as tech companies face growing pressure to reexamine their work with federal agencies.

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[-] unmagical@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

Nice. Keep ditching your web connected smart devices though. There's still a whole lotta sleazy shit they doing.

[-] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

They might do a Google/Microsoft and just add it back later, or in a way that doesn't notify its users clearly. Best practice is to buy from reputable companies always, instead of being part of the problem and providing demand for the corrosive shit that offers no benefit to anyone but the manufacturer's management division.

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