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the video files were left unencrypted, the source said, because of Ring leadership’s “sense that encryption would make the company less valuable,” owing to the
by michaelchisari 8y ago
the video files were left unencrypted, the source said, because of Ring leadership’s “sense that encryption would make the company less valuable,” owing to the expense of implementing encryption and lost revenue opportunities due to restricted access.
This is an industry problem, and a big one.
- partiallypro 8y agoTo be fair (but not really) they still cashed out for a billion dollars, so I guess they were right about the money.
- atomical 8y agoHow does that prove that they were right about their stance on encryption?
- Waterluvian 8y agoThat if their goal is to cash out then it didn't matter to bother. Or maybe, that it's possible to dodge a bullet of their own stupidity and still successfully cash out.
- atomical 8y agoThat doesn't make sense at all. A fiasco before cashing out would cause a crisis.
- trumped 8y agoof course they don't want end-to-end encryption because then they won't be able to look at your data...