Amazon/Ring is certainly eliding over the subpoena path to getting information. However, that path does require a warrant, and a judge's sign-off. The "just a

Amazon/Ring is certainly eliding over the subpoena path to getting information. However, that path does require a warrant, and a judge's sign-off. The "just ask" approach doesn't, so I think both have their place. Given the paucity of information about the latter, I don't think we can say which will "represent the bulk of data transfer from individuals to the police." There are certainly a lot of subpoenas issued each year, but there are also a lot of times a police officer stops at a business or home that has a security system with cameras, asks for copies of the footage, and gets it easily.