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Re:Ring is having a major outage by technick on Friday July 28, 2023 @06:26PM (#36914199)
It's time to go do crime against houses with Ring security systems.
Re:Ring is having a major outage by bastard_op on Friday July 28, 2023 @06:39PM (#36914332)
It's still light out in the US. /me plays Beastie Boys - Rhymin & Stealin
Re:Ring is having a major outage by aardshark on Friday July 28, 2023 @06:32PM (#36914276)
I doubt they actually do much anyway.
Re:Ring is having a major outage by sakopov on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:26PM (#36915338)
Are you implying Ring won't dispatch police when you have a break-in?
Re:Ring is having a major outage by 8organicbits on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:35PM (#36915425)
Looks like an add on to me.

https://ring.com/professional-monitoring

Re:Ring is having a major outage by bdcravens on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:24PM (#36916180)
Yes, but anyone with the alarm system and not just the doorbell usually gets it. It's only $10/mo, far less than the $40-60 you pay for ADT etc.
Re:Ring is having a major outage by abawany on Friday July 28, 2023 @07:04PM (#36914565)
Or just take a walk in a Ringed-up neighborhood with the knowledge that your pictures are not being sent to the local police department in the name of 'pre-crime'.
Re:Ring is having a major outage by somat on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:42PM (#36916282)
I never thought about it before but these things are all wifi based right. What happens when you show up with your 2.4GHz jammer in the kilowatt range that you uhhh, liberated from a common cooking appliance.

I mean besides making all the hams in the neighborhood mad at you.

Re:Ring is having a major outage by mleo on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:15AM (#36917437)
Ring sensors use zwave; so 900MHz range. The hub works either hard wired and probably over WiFi or with cellular backup.