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FSF / Software Freedom: Resisting GAFAM and an Upcoming Free Software Directory Meeting on IRC
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FSF ☛ Free software offers trust and privacy; Ring offers mass surveillance
In an obvious effort to deflect from their negative intentions, rather than continuing to promote its Search Party feature, on February 12, 2026 (four days after the Super Bowl), Ring spread the word that it had ended its partnership with Flock Safety, another controversial mass-surveillance freedom-restricting software outfit. This partnership with Flock (which started in October 2025) was described by Ring as a project "to work together on an integration with Community Requests." Community Requests is Ring's feature which lets police ask for users' Ring footage. In its announcement, Ring was careful to pointedly state that "the integration never launched, so no Ring customer videos were ever sent to Flock Safety." Were they planning to?
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FSF ☛ FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, March 27, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC)
Join the FSF and friends on Friday, March 27 from 12:00 to 15:00 EDT (16:00 to 19:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory.