Ring’s Flock breakup doesn’t fix its real problem

The Verge2/14/2026

Summary

Ring has announced that it has parted ways with Flock Safety, but did not address public backlash regarding its ties to ICE or user concerns about relationships with law enforcement. The company stated that it canceled Flock's integration with its Community Requests tool due to the need for significantly more time and resources.

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Lindy Score Breakdown (V4.2)

47d
Age
1
Sources
from cluster
1143
Hours Since Seen
Final Score0/100
CategoryAntiLindy
StatusArchived
Recency Multiplier0% (0.5^1143/48)
Hero EligibleNo
Score is 0 because recency decay (0.5^1143/48 = 0.000000) reduced it below 0.5

Score BreakdownRisk 50

Source Reputation: Low-trust source (6/20 pts)
Consensus: Single source - no independent confirmation yet
Age: 47 days - proven survivor

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