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Ring Expands Encryption to More Cameras, Doorbells, and Users Daniel Wroclawski Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Ring is expanding the use of end-to-end encryption in its hardwired and plug-in Ring security cameras and video doorbells. The company also is making the service available to all Ring users in the U.S. and some in other countries. With end-to-end encryption, which was launched in January, recorded video footage can only be ...

Police and other public safety agencies will soon be required to make requests for information and/or video recordings publicly viewable via Ring’s neighborhood-watch app.

The feature is launching as a technical preview on January 13, 2021, 15:13 Why it matters: Amazon has begun rolling out end-to-end (E2E) encryption to a handful of its Ring security cameras. Until now, video traveling from Ring servers to a users receiving device like a smartphone or laptop was sent unencrypted. Theoretically, nothing was stopping a bad actor from intercepting and viewing those feeds until now. On Wednesday, Ring announced that it launched end-to-end video...