Ring has terminated its partnership with Flock Safety, as debates rage about user privacy and law enforcement access.

Super Bowl viewers across the political spectrum sounded the alarm on a Ring camera commercial promoting a troubling new feature.

Ring’s new Search Party feature has once again drawn backlash for the company. A 30-second ad that aired during Sunday’s Super Bowl showed Ring cameras “surveilling” neighborhoods to locate a lost dog. In the current political climate, a prime-time ad celebrating neighborhood surveillance struck a nerve.

Salisbury recently joined a growing number of Maryland communities using Flock Safety cameras and license plate readers, calling them a “force multiplier” for police, meaning more work can be done with fewer officers.

Amid fears it’s created a mass surveillance system, Flock is turning its license plate readers into fully-fledged surveillance cameras, taking on what it claims is a monopoly on police tech by Axon. Flock Safety, the $7.5 billion car surveillance company ...

Critics fear the cameras could be used to feed video of protesters into facial recognition tools.

Ring aired a Super Bowl ad touting its Search Party feature that didn't quite get the intended buzz. Instead, the commercial scared the pants off of anyone concerned about a mass surveillance state. The feature is advertised as a way to reunite missing dogs with their owners,