[Ikeon]

simple. delete your old videos at least weekly. its 2 clicks

[ClearCase_guy]

In the future, you will own nothing, you will spy on yourself, and you will be happy.

[metmom]

Simple solution.

Don’t have a Ring doorbell.

[Irenic]

That’s what happens when you buy convenience. It spies to be convenient and help you out and them out.

[FoxInSocks]

illustrates a growing collision between the law and people’s own expectation of privacy for the devices they own

So you don’t really own it — you just install and maintain the devices on your property.

[bert]

I don’t see a problem.

Give the cops the videos they need to convict a drug dealing neighbor.

[MCSETots]

Can you say “Obama?”

Not that OUR government would ever illegally surveil it’s citizens . . .

[where's_the_Outrage?]

The more this happens the more likely I will not cooperate with law enforcement on anything. I take the 5th.

[fso301]

Up until 10-20 years ago, no one belied people would eagerly adopt the type technologies described in the book 1984.

[GingisK]

I don’t have one of those elite “doorbells”. I have a real door bell. Two tone for the front, one for the back.

[Sirius Lee]

They asked for more footage, now from the entire day’s worth of records. And a week later, Larkin received a notice from Ring itself: The company had received a warrant, signed by a local judge. The notice informed him it was obligated to send footage from more than 20 cameras — whether or not Larkin was willing to share it himself.

At that point you have to wonder what it is that the police and the judge are trying to cover up?

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

And a week later, Larkin received a notice from Ring itself: The company had received a warrant, signed by a local judge. The notice informed him it was obligated to send footage from more than 20 cameras — whether or not Larkin was willing to share it himself.

The only way this would work is if Larkin was subscribed to Ring Alarm Pro and had an SD card installed in his Ring Base station.

Otherwise all video is stored on Ring's own servers unless they're manually downloaded to his local computer.

Also, you can set the Video Storage Time for each camera in the Ring dashboard. Any videos older than this is automatically deleted.

[Vaduz]

The privacy loophole in your doorbell

Your papers please

[Buttons12]

A lot to unpack there and lucky I don’t have the time to do it.
What was the point of having a camera in the bedroom in the first place?
When you get all these cameras (I have plenty myself), you can’t help knowing how they work. They upload. Out of your hands. To other eyes. What they record becomes accessible to you-know-not-whom.
Don’t yelp about it when the authorities want to see it for their authority reasons. You knew what you were giving up (privacy) when you bought the gadgets.
Seriously, if you don’t know beans about electronic privacy, don’t do electronics, or don’t do privacy.

[MeganC]

Only an idiot trusts other people with their private data.

[faucetman]

Sorry officer, I USED TO have Ring cameras, but I took them with me fishing and now they are at the bottom of a lake.

[sauropod]

Enjoy the world you have wrought, Pollutico.

[Tunehead54]

Larkin said it was fortunate his indoor camera listed in the request was unplugged for the timeframe the warrant specified, while his living room and bedroom cameras are only activated when his home alarm system is active.

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This is a little weird. If I had an alarm system and apparently needed cameras everywhere it would normally be on so it'll catch you out of the shower, dressing and undressing, saying "hello" to the little lady, cussing out our current pResident watching the news, etc.

Over 26 years we've had a blue merle Cattle Dog and a blue merle Aussie for watch dogs with doggie door access off the porch to the whole property. Great alarm systems in our wooded area.

Even if they were subpoenaed they wouldn't tell the cops where I keep my guns or anything for that matter. ;-)

Looking for another dog now. Stated rule is we each have an absolute veto on a pup.

She's looking at "BernieDoodles"? - only $2500+. Sigh. Less dog hair around I guess. I'm leaning to another cattle dog. Short hair for easy burr removal, can handle the Florida heat, very alert and a convincing bark backed with muscle.

[bobbo666]

If you are stupid enough to link anything to any “cloud” service you have given up any right to any level of privacy. It is like putting stuff on Facebook/Instagram/TTok/etc. They own your data.

Locally share it. Only local. If that means you cannot peek at it from your asinine phone while at work, tough. If worried about what is going on at your house go talk to a neighbor and set up a deal with them.

[CFW]

My “doorbell” is the old farm bell mounted by the front door. A visitor pulls the rope that rings the bell and it clangs loudly. My door “peep hole” is the window near the door. Both have served me well for over 35 years and neither have ever spied on me.