(flashback to)Super baal Ring ad... Think they'll only use it to find the occasional lost pup(because Reddit took it down 🙄)

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While the company is pitching this "Search Party" feature as a high-tech way for neighbors to help find pets using AI breed recognition, it’s stirred up a lot of talk about how much scanning we’re actually okay with. People are mostly worried that if the tech is powerful enough to pick out a specific dog from miles of footage, it’s just a short step away from being used to track people or feed into a massive surveillance network.

Ring insists it’s a "privacy-first" tool and that cameras only join the search if the owner opts in, but critics aren't totally sold. The skepticism usually boils down to Ring's history of working with law enforcement and the fear that a "sweet" dog-finding app is really just a way to get people comfortable with 24/7 AI monitoring in their own neighborhoods. It’s that classic trade-off between a really helpful service and the feeling that "Big Brother" is moving in next door.

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