Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

[douglas9]

Following intense backlash to its partnership with Flock Safety, a surveillance technology company that works with law enforcement agencies, Ring has announced it is canceling the integration.

In a statement published on Ring’s blog and provided to The Verge ahead of publication, the company said: “Following a comprehensive review, we determined the planned Flock Safety integration would require significantly more time and resources than anticipated. We therefore made the joint decision to cancel the integration and continue with our current partners … The integration never launched, so no Ring customer videos were ever sent to Flock Safety.”


https://www.theverge.com/news/878447/ring-flock-partnership-canceled

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. ROFL!

"Following a comprehensive review, we determined the planned Flock Safety integration would require significantly more time and resources than anticipated."

Yeah, a review that showed your losses would be enough to endanger those fat bonuses that the execs were going to get.

Sometimes, I wonder if those corporations really think we buy the crap that spews forth from their PR departments anymore. The fact that they think we ever did is funny enough.

[haele]

2. Guess that Superbowl commercial didn't poll the way they though it would.

."Hey, your neighbor's Ring Cameras can find your lost dog - or kid - or track your movements and identify you and anyone living on your house or across the neighborhood.
And we'll only use it for good - public safety. Promise.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Ironic, Ain't It

One of the most iconic & memorable SuperBowl commercials was in '84, about 1984 and bleak it would be.
Then, when the metaphorical 1984 arrives in the form of a commercial making the surveillance state look lovely, the company bails because putting a smiley face on it didn't fly.