Ring’s Super Bowl Ad Generates So Much Backlash It Has Ended Its Partnership With Flock Safety

Tim Cushing / techdirt - Eight million ways to die. According to AdWeek, the price for a 30-second commercial during Super Bowl LX has soared to $8 million, after NBC opened in the summer by offering spots for $7 million. As AdWeek notes, “due to demand, the company has already r…

Ring’s Super Bowl Ad Generates So Much Backlash It Has Ended Its Partnership With Flock Safety Eight million ways to die. According to AdWeek, the price for a 30-second commercial during Super Bowl LX has soared to $8 million, after NBC opened in the sum

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Flock cameras gifted by Horowitz Foundation, avoiding public oversight

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Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras

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Ring’s Super Bowl Ad Generates So Much Backlash It Has Ended Its Partnership With Flock Safety

11 days / techdirt / Tim Cushing

Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras

11 days / techcrunch / Zack Whittaker

Break free of Ring's servers, earn a five-figure bounty

11 days / theregister / Connor Jones

After Search Party backlash, Ring is still avoiding the bigger questions

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / theverge - Ring founder Jamie Siminoff has been on an "explanation tour," as The New York Times puts it, following the fallout from its Super Bowl ad and the introduction of its Search Party feature. In an interview with The Times this week, Siminoff explained that …

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #amazon #camera #security #privacy #media #superbowl #ring #advertising

Your Ring doorbell’s next job might not be finding lost pets

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The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features, is hunting for a way to keep Ring cameras from sending data to Amazon—without breaking the hardware. www.wired.com/story/a-10k-...

15 days / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

Want to make a quick $10K? Just hack a Ring camera www.wired.com/story/a-10k-...

15 days / bsky / @boone.bsky.social / boone.bsky.social

“There’s now a group offering to dole out a $10,000 bounty to wrest back control of the user data Ring controls.” Great piece from @boone.bsky.social for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/a-10k-...

15 days / bsky / @thiccreese.bsky.social / thiccreese.bsky.social

"A $10K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon" www.wired.com/story/a-10k-...

15 days / bsky / @socialmedialab.ca / socialmedialab.ca

A $10K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon

15 days / wired / Boone Ashworth

Talk about bringing back hackathons! Watch someone quit working at Amazon, solve it using insider info and then take a job at Microsoft, lol

15 days / bsky / @jacky.wtf / jacky.wtf

A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud

15 days / theverge / Emma Roth

After Search Party backlash, Ring is still avoiding the bigger questions

15 days / theverge / Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Ring could be planning to expand Search Party feature beyond dogs

15 days / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

A leaked internal email shows Ring's plan targets more than pets

15 days / appleinsider

Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership Following Public Boycott

bgr - Ring ended a controversial partnership that would have sent customer data to Flock Safety, a move that coincides with the start of a consumer boycott.

#dataprivacy #amazon #camera #security #privacy #superbowl #smarthome #ring #safety #ads

Analysis: Ring’s split with Flock won’t fix systemic issues (1)
On the ground: Ring cancels Flock after privacy boycott (4)
Police: Flock shared access with federal agencies, sparking furor (1)
Reporter: Super Bowl ad fuels dystopian privacy outrage (3)
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Analysis: Ring’s split with Flock won’t fix systemic issues

Ring’s Flock breakup doesn’t fix its real problem

20 days / theverge / Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

On the ground: Ring cancels Flock after privacy boycott

Amazon's Ring ends deal with surveillance firm after backlash

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Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership Following Public Boycott

21 days / bgr

Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership Amid Backlash Over ‘Creepy’ Super Bowl Ad

21 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Ring ends partnership plans with Flock days after privacy blowback from Super Bowl ad

21 days / therecord

Amazon's Ring cancels Flock partnership amid Super Bowl ad backlash

cnbc - Ring's decision to cancel its partnership with Flock comes as tech companies face growing pressure to reexamine their work with federal agencies.

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #amazon #aclu #law #superbowl #ring #digitalprivacy #ads

Partnership cancellation: Ring calls off Flock integration (12)
Surveillance implications: ICE, law enforcement access, AI concerns (4)
User backlash: returns, disconnects, and device destruction (3)
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Partnership cancellation: Ring calls off Flock integration

Days After Its Super Bowl Ad, Ring Cancels Flock Partnership Amid Surveillance Concerns

21 days / cnet / Omar Gallaga

Ring kills Flock partnership amid surveillance scrutiny

21 days / theregister / Connor Jones

Ring cancels Flock deal amid controversy

21 days / siliconrepublic / Tim Barnwell

Ring cancels surveillance partnership with Flock Safety

21 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Ring Cancels Its Partnership With Flock Safety After Surveillance Backlash

21 days / slashdot / msmash

Ring and Flock Safety cancel partnership amidst surveillance criticism

21 days / mashable

Amazon's Ring cancels Flock partnership amid Super Bowl ad backlash

22 days / reddit / /u/aacool

Amazon's Ring cancels Flock partnership amid Super Bowl ad backlash

22 days / cnbc

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

22 days / reddit / /u/South-Cow-1030

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

22 days / ycombinator

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

22 days / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

22 days / theverge / Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Surveillance implications: ICE, law enforcement access, AI concerns

Ring’s adorable surveillance hellscape

21 days / theverge / David Pierce

Amazon’s Ring cancels partnership with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police

21 days / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Ring killing Flock deal exposes the trust problem in AI-powered home security

21 days / appleinsider

Ring calls off partnership with police surveillance provider Flock Safety

22 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

User backlash: returns, disconnects, and device destruction

Ring owners are returning their cameras

21 days / ycombinator

Ring owners are returning their cameras - here's how much you can get

22 days / reddit / /u/South-Cow-1030

Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?

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Ring cancels a planned collaboration with Flock Safety, a surveillance tech provider to US police forces.

21 days / bsky / @siliconrepublic.bsky.social / siliconrepublic.bsky.social

Sure they are.

22 days / bsky / @blasphemousjones.bsky.social / blasphemousjones.bsky.social

Ring announced today that it has terminated its partnership with Flock. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/a...

22 days / bsky / @gammamadonna.bsky.social / gammamadonna.bsky.social

wow, backlash got results www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/a...

22 days / bsky / @dceiver.bsky.social / dceiver.bsky.social

AI.com sells for $70 million in record-breaking domain deal

Wayne Williams / betanews - AI.com has been sold for $70 million, setting a new record for domain name transactions. The sale more than doubles the previous $30 million benchmark and reflects the growing value placed on short, category-defining internet addresses tied to artificial …

#ai #startups #business #internet #acquisitions #media #technology #superbowl #ads

What is AI.com? Mysterious website asks for people’s credit card information after Super Bowl ad

25 days / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

AI.com Launches After $70 Million Sale and a Super Bowl Debut

25 days / cnet / Macy Meyer

The $70M domain that couldn’t survive a Super Bowl ad

25 days / reddit / /u/jpcaparas

Whats AI.com, the mysterious website with the Super Bowl commercial?

25 days / mashable

AI.com sells for $70 million in record-breaking domain deal

25 days / betanews / Wayne Williams

ChatGPT Rolls Out Ads, Just Hours After Anthropic's Mocking Super Bowl Commercials

Jose Antonio Lanz / decrypt - OpenAI started testing ads in ChatGPT on Monday, hours after Anthropic's Super Bowl commercials mocked the idea. The $8 billion loss explains why.

#ai #anthropic #openai #genai #business #chatgpt #media #superbowl #ads #advertising

Anthropic Super Bowl ad rivalry (4)
ChatGPT ad rollout details (23)
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Anthropic Super Bowl ad rivalry

Alphabet Prints Debt. OpenAI Prints Ads.

24 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

OpenAI Responds to Critical Super Bowl Commercials by Putting Ads in ChatGPT

25 days / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

'Roaring cougars' lunched on OpenAI in Super Bowl ad battle, but ai.com wins the day

25 days / theregister / O'Ryan Johnson

OpenAI Starts Testing Ads in ChatGPT Hours After Anthropic's Super Bowl Jab

25 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

ChatGPT ad rollout details

OpenAI tests sponsored ads in ChatGPT for free US users

24 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

OpenAI ChatGPT Ads Go Live With User Ad Controls

24 days / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

You can avoid ChatGPT ads, but your Free limits may change

24 days / digitaltrends

ChatGPT Free and Go Tiers Now Show Ads to US Users

24 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

ChatGPT now shows ads to free users in the US

24 days / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

OpenAI begins rolling out ads for ChatGPT Free and Go users

24 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

ChatGPT Rolls Out Ads to Free Users

25 days / reddit / /u/i-drake

OpenAI starts displaying ads to some ChatGPT users in the US

25 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

OpenAI introduces ads...for the people!

25 days / theregister / Thomas Claburn

OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT

25 days / mashable

ChatGPT Begins Showing Ads to US Users for the First Time

25 days / cnet / Macy Meyer

OpenAI Begins Testing Ads In ChatGPT For Free And Go Users via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

25 days / searchenginejournal / Matt G. Southern

OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT's Free and Go plans

25 days / betanews / Wayne Williams

ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads

25 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

OpenAI Begins Testing Ads in ChatGPT: When to Expect Them in Canada

25 days / iphoneincanada / Gary Ng

OpenAI Starts Running Ads in ChatGPT

25 days / slashdot / msmash

ChatGPT rolls out ads

25 days / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

ChatGPT Rolls Out Ads, Just Hours After Anthropic's Mocking Super Bowl Commercials

25 days / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

ChatGPT now shows ads to free and Go users, with opt-out cutting daily message limits

25 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI is now officially showing ads

25 days / sherwood / Rani Molla

OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT

25 days / engadget / Kris Holt

Testing Ads in ChatGPT

25 days / ycombinator

OpenAI will reportedly start testing ads in ChatGPT today

25 days / theverge / Emma Roth

Other tech trends commentary

Jony Ive is done working with "assholes"

25 days / sources / Alex Heath

Why the infinite-scroll childhood may be coming to an end

25 days / platformer / Casey Newton

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Me too, Jony sources.news/p/jony-ive-i...

24 days / bsky / @stephenrobles.com / stephenrobles.com

The walls are closing in on infinite-scroll feeds and other addictive design mechanics. I wrote about how lawyers and regulators may have finally found a way around Section 230 www.platformer.news/social-media...

25 days / bsky / @caseynewton.bsky.social / caseynewton.bsky.social

The walls are closing in on infinite-scroll feeds and other addictive design mechanics. I wrote about how lawyers and regulators may have finally found a way around Section 230 https://www.platformer.news/social-media-addiction-trial-eu-tiktok-investigati

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OpenAI’s supposedly ‘leaked’ Super Bowl ad with ear buds and a shiny orb was a hoax

Richard Lawler / theverge - As if OpenAI didn't have enough drama around the Super Bowl and advertising, as the game wound down, word spread of a "leaked" ad that actually wasn't leaked at all; it was just a fake. Screenshots of a now-deleted Reddit thread told the tale of a frustra…

#ai #digitalmarketing #anthropic #openai #genai #scam #media #superbowl #ads #advertising

AI Super Bowl commercials: All the spots from Anthropic, OpenAI, Amazon, Google, Meta, and others

25 days / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

AI.com's $85 million Super Bowl ad campaign falls foul as traffic crashes servers — the campaign allegedly cost $15 million for the ads, $70 million for the domain name

25 days / tomshardware

AI Companies Sold Us Their Vision of the Future at the Super Bowl. Here’s Why We Should Reject It

25 days / reddit / /u/autogenerated_015

AI ads steal the show at Super Bowl LX

25 days / therundown / Zach Mink

OpenAI’s supposedly ‘leaked’ Super Bowl ad with ear buds and a shiny orb was a hoax

26 days / theverge / Richard Lawler

Anthropic Super Bowl Ad Targets OpenAI’s Advertising Plan

26 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Do Super Bowl Ads For AI Signal a Bubble About to Burst?

26 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

Anthropic’s Hilarious Super Bowl Ad Champions Ad-Free Claude Against ChatGPT

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Anthropic has unveiled its first Super Bowl campaign positioning Claude as the ad-free alternative to ChatGPT, challenging OpenAI's advertising strategy with provocative messaging.The post Anthropic’s Hilarious Super Bowl Ad Champions Ad-Free Claude Again…

#ai #anthropic #genai #business #chatgpt #media #assistant #superbowl #ads #advertising

Anthropic's ad‐free Super Bowl spectacle targets ad‐ridden competition (8)
Market impact evident: SaaS panic meets Indian IT sell‐off (1)
OpenAI rivalry intensifies as Altman counters Anthropic ads (9)
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Anthropic's ad‐free Super Bowl spectacle targets ad‐ridden competition

Anthropic apes OpenAI with cheeky chatbot commercials

29 days / theregister / Dan Robinson

Claude AI Stays Ad-Free as ChatGPT Prepares to Launch Advertising

29 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Anthropic is betting on ad-free Claude to win you over from ChatGPT

29 days / digitaltrends

Anthropic Spent Millions on Ads to Tell You It Hates Ads

29 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Anthropic’s Hilarious Super Bowl Ad Champions Ad-Free Claude Against ChatGPT

29 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic Says No To Ads in Claude, Takes a Dig at ChatGPT Ads in Super Bowl Commercials

29 days / medianama / Azdhan

Anthropic Refuses Ads in Claude, Betting on Subscriptions Instead

29 days / eweek / Liz Ticong

Anthropic commits to keeping Claude ad free unlike rival ChatGPT

29 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Market impact evident: SaaS panic meets Indian IT sell‐off

Anthropic, SaaS Panic And The Indian IT Sell-Off: What Really Happened

29 days / inc42 / Shraddha Goled

OpenAI rivalry intensifies as Altman counters Anthropic ads

Drama Alert: Anthropic Just Dropped a Super Bowl Attack Ad on OpenAI

29 days / eweek / Grant Harvey

Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads as both fight to win over AI users

29 days / techxplore

OpenAI is hoppin' mad about Anthropic's new Super Bowl TV ads

29 days / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

OpenAI’s Altman calls Anthropic an “authoritarian company” and says its Super Bowl ad is “deceptive”

29 days / sherwood / Jon Keegan

Super Bowl AI ad spat heats up as Altman lashes out at Anthropic campaign

29 days / cnbc

Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads as both fight to win over AI users

29 days / go

ChatGPT boss ridiculed for online 'tantrum' over rival's Super Bowl ad

29 days / bbc

Altman accuses Anthropic of restricting access to Claude Code

29 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Altman claims ChatGPT has more users in Texas alone than Claude has across the entire US

29 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

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29 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

I would much rather have RAM than whatever insult to having beef/drama/rivalry these cloud computing cartel guys are playing pretend at www.cnbc.com/2026/02/05/s...

29 days / bsky / @subzerofrog.bsky.social / subzerofrog.bsky.social

Bad Bunny to Headline Apple Music Halftime Show at 2026 Super Bowl

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple and the NFL have announced that Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show on Sunday, February 8, 2026. The performance will take place at Levi's Stadium, in Santa Clara, California.Bad Bunny i…

#apple #streaming #entertainment #music #media #applemusic #superbowl

Bad Bunny to Headline Apple Music Halftime Show at 2026 Super Bowl

5 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Apple Music has announced that rapper, singer and producer Bad Bunny is to lead the halftime show at the 2026 Super Bowl LX.

5 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Bad Bunny to Headline Apple Music Halftime Show at 2026 Super Bowl

5 months / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Bad Bunny to Perform at the Super Bowl LX Apple Music Halftime Show

5 months / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

Bad Bunny to headline Apple's 2025 Super Bowl half-time show

5 months / appleinsider