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...

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

  • pika@feddit.nlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Reolink devices still reach out to a bunch of different servers across the world as soon as you connect them to a network.

    Always isolate an IP doorbell or camera on its own access point or virtual network, where it can’t see or interact with other devices on your local network, and then block it from WAN access.