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Ring is terminating its partnership with police tech provider Flock Safety, the Amazon
-owned company announced Thursday.
The partnership between Flock and Ring came under scrutiny after the Amazon doorbell company ran an ad during the Super Bowl that touted a “Search Party” feature that uses AI to help locate lost pets. The Electronic Frontier Foundation called the feature a “surveillance nightmare.”
Flock, meanwhile, operates a network of automated license plate readers, and sells access to that software to customers that include law enforcement agencies, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
