Ring’s adorable surveillance hellscape
David Pierce
created: Feb. 13, 2026, 4:10 p.m. | updated: Feb. 13, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
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You can watch Ring’s recent Super Bowl ad and see a cute story about dogs being reunited with their families.
You can also watch the very same ad and see the seeds being planted for a massively connected, utterly ubiquitous surveillance system that will end the concept of privacy forever.
We try to put all the pieces together, and figure out what’s really worth being worried about going forward.
If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started:
1 week, 2 days ago: The Verge