is expanding its offering of end-to-end (E2EE) encryption for its battery-powered cameras and doorbells, which the Amazon-owned company says are its best sellers. It last year.
“We believe we should offer the full range of privacy options to as many customers as possible” read. “And we know that different devices mean different life situations. That’s why we’ve worked hard to bring this industry-leading security to many products. camera products and doorbells as much as possible.”
With E2EE enabled, only you can access videos captured by your Ring camera. Ring and Amazon won’t be able to see them. It that Amazon has provided US law enforcement footage from Ring cameras multiple times without court orders or user consent. E2EE will prevent that from happening.
Records will only be accessible from a single mobile device. Based on a direct connection is made between the Ring device and the phone over WiFi, with cryptographic keys and identity certificates used to establish trust between the two devices and to encrypt and decrypt video.
There are some tradeoffs for E2EE users. You won’t be able to access Ring footage on other devices, such as the Echo Show. includes Events Timeline, Quick Replies, Alexa Greeting, and Bird’s Eye View, launched .
Elsewhere, Ring is making it easier to save videos when you remove one of its devices. Through the Deactivated Device Status feature, subscribers will be able to save recordings from the doorbell or camera to their Ring account. So far, the only officially supported way to keep the videos is to download them to your computer. If you cancel your subscription, Ring will remove all videos and events from your account, but you’ll be able to download the recordings first.
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