Ring‘s battery-powered video doorbells and cameras now work with end-to-end encryption - The Verge
Ring Video Doorbell 4 and Ring Video Doorbell (second-gen) are two of the Ring devices that can now opt-in to end-to-end encryption for keeping your videos private.
Ring is now offering end-to-end encryption of video and audio on its battery-powered video doorbells and security cameras, over a year after it added the option to its hardwired and plug-in devices. End-to-end encryption lets users of the company’s video cameras keep their footage locked down, making it accessible only on their enrolled iOS or Android device. Separately, Ring is also making it easier to save recorded videos when an owner sells or disposes of a Ring device
With end-to-end encryption enabled, no one but the camera’s owner can access recorded footage. Even if law enforcement asked Ring, or its parent company Amazon, for the video, they couldn't provide it. Only the enrolled mobile device can unlock the video.
By default, Ring encrypts video and audio recordings when they’re uploaded to the cloud and while stored on Ring’s servers. End-to-end encryption ups the levels of security, giving only the device owner access to and control of their footage on one designated device and with a passphrase only they have.
When Ring first previewed video end-to-end encryption in January 2021, the Ring Pro 2 and Ring Elite were the only video doorbells it worked on, leaving its most popular battery-powered devices — such as the Ring 4, Ring Video doorbell — out of the privacy party. It was also an option on all its wired and plug-in cameras — including the Ring Floodlight cam — but not on the battery-powered options such as the Ring Stick Up Cam (battery).
Now, end-to-end encryption is available on all Ring’s currently sold cameras and doorbells, with the only exception being the Ring Video Doorbell Wired — its lowest-priced buzzer. Ring has a guide on its website with instructions for enrolling.
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