"If you don't support our surveillance program, then you hate lost dogs, you monster!"

Ring: We are capable of mass surveillance of the most detailed aspect of of your lives. : )

People: Umm, fuck that?

Ring:

It's a feature that we pay for. 🤣

St. Anthony Please! Let me find my keys!

C'mon! Tell god I need my keys!

People are just now realizing that a mass network of always online cameras on most doors in your neighborhood is bad, actually?

Yep. First thing I thought was, "They're going to let ICE use this to track people down." Hell, they could already be doing that.

I'm so mad they've switched from their "protect the children" line for Boomers, to "protect the pets" for us Millennials.

Save the dogs, the new blanket for surveillance. Great.

We already have mass surveillance. For decades.

Could be? Soon? People they're already doing it! Do people really not think so?

The "lost pets recovery" angle is like a marketing campaign from a corporation in the Fallout universe. Its so fucking over-the-top that it reads like satire, except it isn't.

FTA:

... since founder Jamie Siminoff returned, the company has renewed its focus on using its products to prevent crime.

Siminoff said he came back because of the possibilities AI brings. With this technology, he believes neighborhood cameras could be used to virtually “zero out crime” within a year.