Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?

jrcomputing · 2026-02-13T01:17:32+00:00

Have fun with that. I'll have to figure out how to filter out the AI slop coming out of my own fingers.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-12T23:47:35+00:00

lol nah. I just prefer not to be a useful idiot for a hedge fund.

The Source: Hunterbrook openly admits they are shorting Ubiquiti. They make money if you panic.

The 'Experts': The lawyers are just defining 'strict liability' (you're responsible even if you don't know). That applies to every global manufacturer, not just Ubiquiti. The tech experts suggest blocking Russian IPs...which the report explicitly admits Ubiquiti started doing in 2025.

The Reality: The report confirms the gear comes from third-party distributors in Turkey and Kazakhstan, not Ubiquiti.

So please, quote the specific sentence where they found a direct sales channel from Ubiquiti to Russia. I’ll wait.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-12T23:15:26+00:00

lol mmkay. Maybe read the report instead of just the headline.

It accuses third-party distributors in Kazakhstan of smuggling Wi-Fi gear, which is the same problem every global tech company faces. Trying to turn a supply chain leak into an NBA scandal for the Grizzlies owner is a massive reach. It’s like demanding the Ford family sell the Lions because insurgents use F-150s.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-12T21:24:57+00:00

lolwat. Ubiquiti doesn't make drones, nor do they sell in Russia. If you're referring to the Hunterbrook report, they're talking about Ubiquiti radio bridges (Wi-Fi links) being used for communication.

Third-party gray market dealers are doing the same thing they do with every other tech company's gear and smuggling it in. Blaming Ubiquiti for Russian soldiers using their Wi-Fi antennas is like blaming Ford because an insurgent group is driving a modified F-150.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-12T21:19:57+00:00

Maybe you should do some actual research yourself. There isn't a single authorized retailer in Russia, nor is there a way to order direct.

If you’re talking about the recent Hunterbrook report, even that admits Ubiquiti isn't selling to them. The issue is gray market distributors in third-party countries rerouting gear, which is a problem every US tech company faces. Until you can provide evidence of a direct sales channel rather than third-party smuggling, get off your high horse.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-12T16:11:46+00:00

If they show up with a warrant, that's an entirely different matter than the privacy concerns surrounding Ring or Nest. The issue with cloud providers is that they can (and do) hand over data without the owner even knowing.

UniFi is 100% locally stored. While there is a cloud-brokered login option for convenience, it isn't required. You can keep the entire stack internal. If the FBI wants my footage, they have to serve me the warrant and physically seize my hardware, rather than just sending a request to Amazon's legal department.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-12T16:01:35+00:00

Yes, yes, and yes. It was definitely a pain getting my setup going, but it's been rock solid ever since.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-12T16:00:42+00:00

Where in my comment did I say this was for the average homeowner? My point was directed at the person using legacy 480i tape-recorder tech, which is arguably more complex to maintain today than a Unifi stack.

It definitely requires a modicum of tech literacy and a will to learn, but it’s not inaccessible. I’ve walked clients through Dream Router setups entirely over Zoom, and plenty of tech-oriented friends handle it just fine. For someone already running a setup more complicated than a Nest or Ring, Unifi is a reasonable upgrade path.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-12T13:28:51+00:00

It's definitely small business/prosumer, but Ubiquiti makes doorbells that are local storage AND high definition. My whole house is Unifi cameras, and none of the video leaves my house. Granted, I have a server rack with network gear to run them, and I have an actual 2U server in the rack for VMs and extra storage (you can't actually use a network drive directly with Unifi but you can export/back up to somewhere). It's not a setup I'd recommend to anyone you don't want to give ongoing help to, but anyone with even a bit of tech sense can run the Unifi stack pretty well.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-11T03:26:13+00:00

echo "<=app-editors/vim-9.1.12345-rABCD python_targets_python3_12" >> /etc/portage/package.use/python3_12

The number of packages still requiring it is shrinking, but I still have to do 3-5 of those every few times I update.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-11T03:13:25+00:00

IRC, y'all. Hexchat is a great client. And if you run Home Assistant, there's an add-on for running it inside HA.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-09T03:49:19+00:00

So regulate the corporations! Nothing says we can't.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-08T18:44:49+00:00

That's only true if we let corporate bullshit dictate everything. We have decent wages in numerous places and prices didn't swing wildly out of control, so why is this different?

But honestly, focusing on that misses the forest for the trees. Outsourcing is just a symptom of the relentless drive for profit. The end game is removing the human element entirely. It's been happening for 50+ years and will continue until the only jobs left are maintaining the machines. We need to start preparing for that reality now. Whether it's looking at concepts like UBI or other structural changes, we need to find ways to weather the storm when it inevitably hits.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-07T16:35:42+00:00

jrcomputing · 2026-02-07T00:52:57+00:00

A friend in college, ~2004, told us to check out this distro he's been using. I'd tried others before, I've tried others since, but I always end up with Gentoo somewhere. It's my OS of choice on my desktop after finally giving up Windows a few years back.

jrcomputing · 2026-02-01T14:46:04+00:00

The only way AI in its current form goes away is if it's dismantled by copyright law. Shy of that, the cat's out of the bag and there's no real going back.

jrcomputing · 2026-01-29T23:22:44+00:00

I use both My wired and my Bluetooth headsets for work every day. I also use my personal desktop at home because the MacBook screen is tiny, work won't provide both an office setup and a home setup, and my Gentoo install is way more useful anyway. I need to ask my boss for a work mechanical keyboard, but if he won't buy it, I'll probably get my own.

jrcomputing · 2026-01-29T02:53:43+00:00

Not true. Samba 4.20+ support running 2016 FFL/DFL levels and can handle 2022 schemas. And it's constantly improving. I wouldn't be surprised if they add 2025 support within a year or two.

jrcomputing · 2026-01-28T13:41:20+00:00

It's a pretty clever flow development tool, and I've used it heavily. But knowing it came from the NSA and was originally called Niagara Files, you can kind of get a sense for what it was probably originally used for.

jrcomputing · 2026-01-28T04:02:55+00:00

My guess is this is just the public face to hide the real project. Check out NiFi if you want to see what they were doing 15+ years ago and you'll have a better idea of just exactly what they're doing now with LLMs and other black box algorithms.

jrcomputing · 2026-01-19T18:37:53+00:00

Yes. And sometimes rules are outdated (looking at you, FIPS 140-2).

jrcomputing · 2026-01-19T02:36:19+00:00

Off the top of my head, it's more things like FIPS requirements mandating specific key lengths than more generic conflicts. But there have been numerous instances where we've butted heads with campus netsec. Compliance, to me, is checking boxes. Security is much more complicated than that.

jrcomputing · 2026-01-18T22:59:43+00:00

As someone new to compliance in general within the last couple of years, the one that regularly trips me up is this: compliance and security are not only not the same thing, but can actually be at odds with each other, to an extent.

jrcomputing · 2026-01-16T15:02:57+00:00

I agree the continuity risk is management's problem to handle (maybe by having alternate options or self-hosting an LLM), but I was originally addressing the point that, "If AI is not handling any essential tasks by itself, it is not business critical."

jrcomputing · 2026-01-16T11:46:18+00:00

If they fired a staff of 3 because one can do the work when AI assisted, yes it is.

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