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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 viewed on your smartphone or tablet. That means hackers won't be able to spy on you unless they have...

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 user's 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 encryption for some of its camera models. The press release calls the feature a "technical previ...