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Ring security is actually useless. We had one at our work and somebody ripped it off the door and stole it, then transferred the device to their account. Yes R
by dhsysusbsjsi 7y ago
Ring security is actually useless. We had one at our work and somebody ripped it off the door and stole it, then transferred the device to their account.
Yes Ring allows anybody to transfer the device to their account once they steal it. No confirmation email to original account owner.
Even worse, this clears all of the video from the original account holder SO YOU CAN’T SEE WHO STOLE IT!!!
The whole point of owning a security camera is gone. No footage.
Its just a fundamentally poor product. And given all the other poor privacy measures - I’ll never buy one again.
- Nextgrid 7y agoThis is the dumbest flaw ever. You'd think that a product so good at making everyone feel watched & raising so many privacy concerns would at least be good enough to protect itself... well apparently not.
- NullPrefix 7y ago>This is the dumbest flaw ever Actually, the dumbest flaw ever would be to give all the previous footage to the new "owner".
- WrtCdEvrydy 7y agoI wonder if this also happens, anyone got a spare ring I could transfer to my account for a test?
- rchaud 7y agoI thought Ring didn't actually record the video to the device's storage.
- shubb 7y agoBut if historic video from the device is no longer associated with the original account, does it get deleted or just owner change? who is to say it doesn't get given to the new account... You'd have to try it and see.
- pmlnr 7y agoThat's LOL level flaw. Personally I'd always go raspberry + motioneye + locally saved video + cloud upload.
- giancarlostoro 7y agoI wanted to go this route, the alternative I found on short notice (saw something sketchy that made me just buy prebuilt cameras) is to get Wyzecams, they're working on the outside cameras, but I have them staring outside through the window. This is so sad, I hope it winds up being magnified by media outlets. Otherwise it will never be fixed. Your footage shouldnt be reliant on you having your camera still. Tells you they match videos to cameras and can't filter them out between owners.
- pmlnr 7y ago"14 day free trial available" Yeah, no. No subscriptions. I'm done trusting companies to support services for at least 5 years.
- segmondy 7y agoYou don't have to use that, you can stick an SD card in it and record yourself. That's if you wish to use their cloud storage for long term storage. I have a few of those, I just stuck an SD card in them. If you setup notification, it will record around 12seconds and store that in the cloud for you. It has also been hacked so you can modify it to stream to your own cloud.
- giancarlostoro 7y agoNot sure where you read that, but you can put an SD Card. The other reason I chose them is there seemed to be work on CFW for those cameras. They also sell other things which I intend to buy like smart light bulbs and sensors.
- sansnomme 7y agoAt this rate companies like Clear View might as well just go vertical and launch their own hardware.
- josefresco 7y agoI was curious about your experience. I looked up "ring doorbell theft" and found this page on the Ring website: https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003475783-What-to-do-After-the-Theft-of-Your-Ring-Device https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003475783-What... Looks like they will offer you a replacement, as long as you report to the police: "You will need the police report in order for Ring to provide you with a free replacement device."
- wyldfire 7y agoNote to self: if I'm going to start stealing packages off of porches, make sure to take the camera too -- then register it.