# With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet

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## What Jamie wrote

I’m no fan of Ring cameras. I use UniFi devices that record video in our home for this same purpose. Deploying Ring devices is literally building a surveillance network for anyone that is willing to pay Ring a few bucks.

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