So how do you opt out?
And if you can’t, what are the alternatives?
Has all the same features, without the subscription or cloud account
Seconded!
Don’t buy a ring camera, and if you own one, it’s e waste now.
Bad news, every s*** hole suburb in america’s packed with these things and the golden retriever ass white people living there probably aren’t going to be aware of this or care.
Say whatever you like about us white people, but leave golden retrievers out of this, please.
Agreed. If I ever do put up cameras, they are going to be stored locally
Flock cameras work by scanning the license plates and other identifying information about cars they see.
The use of a “private” middle man is to circumvent the 4th amendment
https://legalclarity.org/are-automatic-license-plate-readers-legal/
Reolink make excellent video doorbells that can be selfhosted
Thanks, been trying on getting the ubiquiti one but its either stupid expensive or out of stock
Oh, Ring was untrustworthy since forever…
Might be time to ditch technology.
corporate technology
My air-gapped Taiwanese IP camera, and the zoneminder Debian VM on my proxmox machine its connected to aren’t snitches. (Except to me XP)
Perhaps relevant for some: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2945470/ring-lets-police-ask-for-security-videos-heres-how-to-opt-out.html
