Ring's controversial AI-powered 'Search Party' feature to find lost pets sparked dystopian surveillance concerns during the Super Bowl.

Surprise, surprise...this feature is enabled by default...😬

What do you think of 'Search Party'? Is this a useful community tool or soft launch of a surveillance state? Let me know in the comments!

Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/QBhYDtbPkeE

Listen and subscribe wherever you like to get your podcasts:

https://sharedsecurity.net/subscribe
https://sharedsecurity.net/2026/02/16/rings-search-party-dystopia-debate-claude-zero-click-rce-vulnerability/

#podcast #privacy #surveillance #ringcameras #cybersecurity

Ring Scraps Flock Partnership Following Uproar Over Super Bowl AI Commercial

https://murica.website/2026/02/ring-scraps-flock-partnership-following-uproar-over-super-bowl-ai-commercial/

I've always said the Ring doorbells are a terrible idea. I've always looked crazy saying it so a ring doorbell has been installed on this house (despite my protests) and most houses up and down the street. Nobody listens to me but I feel validated when they reveal their plans like this.

If you live in the US especially and you have one of these, please check your settings!

https://youtu.be/OheUzrXsKrY

#Surveillance #usa #US #ringcameras

I am here once again to ask an open source question! Does anyone have experience with security cameras that work with open source software? I’m looking into changing out the Ring cameras for a better solution that I would put me in control of my data and security.

#SecurityCameras #OpenSource #RingCameras

Ring’s “Orwellian” Ad Was the Worst Super Bowl Disaster Since Kendall Jenner Handed the Cops a Pepsi

https://futurism.com/future-society/ring-orwellian-ad-worst-super-bowl-ad-pepsi

#tech #technology #surveillance #privacy #security #ring #RingCameras

Via a Reddit thread, #Amazon is supposedly offering refunds on #RingCameras as far back as 2016 because the partnership with #Flock somehow violates TOS.

I’m not sure how to verify this, I sure don’t have one. But maybe there’s an option for conscious people.

Disable the fuck out of Ring Search Party. How (and why) to shut off the Ring Super Bowl pet surveillance setting
#ringCam #ringCameras #searchParty

https://youtu.be/7f1JqZng8PM?si=_H8ejDx67DYh-QLy

So you’re telling me the spy cameras (developed by Amazon) that millions of Americans have on their front door are now being touted for finding…..whatever you ask them to find….and they call this ability SEARCH PARTY?

This makes my skin crawl

#RingCameras #surveillancestate #searchparty #amazon

Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/ring-cameras-are-about-to-get-increasingly-chummy-with-law-enforcement/

#HackerNews #RingCameras #LawEnforcement #PrivacyConcerns #TechNews #SmartHome