Ring's decision to cancel its partnership with Flock comes as tech companies face growing pressure to reexamine their work with federal agencies.
  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1971·
    2 months ago

    Not buying it.

    The product leadership, directors and executives who dreamed this nightmare up and believed in it enough to make it a reality are still there.

    Never trust them again.

    • tempest@lemmy.caEnglish
      73·
      2 months ago

      This happens every time there is blow back on something like this.

      They will reverse course and slow walk it a bit every 3 or 4 months and we will be back here in a years time.

      Someone’s bonus depends on this deal at Amazon, they are still going into work tomorrow and they still want that bonus.

      • devedeset@lemmy.zipEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        Or they’ll just build a backdoor into it (it probably already exists) and never talk about it again.

    • Ugandan Airways@lemmy.zipEnglish
      34·
      2 months ago

      It feels like the cat’s out of the bag and they will just go ahead with whatever they planned on doing with this partnership, but not be as open about it. Bury it somewhere in the user agreement.