Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to request footage directly from Ring users, it is also introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-st

  • arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    I don’t know anything about this product, but if the data is just on an SD card attached to the doorbell, couldn’t someone just steal the SD card? Like, this is why offsite storage for cameras is useful.

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      Sure. That’s why I have my Reolink doorbell hooked up to Frigate NVR running on my home server. And frigate is hooked up to my home assistant. But that’s the thorough and secure solution, not the quick and easy solution that the grandparent poster was asking for.