Ring now offers end-to-end video and audio encryption on its battery-powered video doorbells and security cameras, more than a year after adding the option to its hardwired and plug-in devices. End-to-end encryption allows users of the company’s video cameras to keep their footage secure, limiting access to their registered iOS or Android smartphone. Separately, Ring is making it simpler to keep recorded movies when a Ring gadget is sold or disposed of.
When end-to-end encryption is enabled, only the camera’s owner has access to the recorded video. Even if law authorities requested the footage from Ring or its parent firm, Amazon, they would be unable to deliver it. The video can only be accessed by the subscribed mobile device.
Ring encrypts video and audio recordings by default when they are uploaded to the cloud and stored on Ring’s servers. End-to-end encryption increases security by allowing only the device owner access to and management of their video on a single specified device and with a passcode only they know.
