> Why We Don’t Recommend Ring Cameras > They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes. > Ring owners [are allowed]

> Why We Don’t Recommend Ring Cameras > They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes. > Ring owners [are allowed] to send videos they've captured with their Ring video doorbell cameras and outdoor security cameras to law enforcement. Let's think about this one moment. A "security" camera provides security against what exactly? By definition, crime. Crime is handled by whom? Police. And now homeowners are somehow labelled as "vigilantes" because they can send footage (presumably of crime) to the authorities? How does that even make sense? By definition, vigilantism is law enforcement undertaken without legal authority -- and the police are the very authorities tasked with law enforcement. Labeling homeowners "vigilantes" along this line of thought is a very obvious oxymoron. It is ridiculously absurd that any amount of circumstances should be used as a justification for an attack on such a feature. This Wired staff editor was so determined to write about police reform and social biases that they make an illogical argument that has nothing to do with the Ring cameras themselves. I am not defending Ring, but rather pointing out that this article is both illogical and mistitled. It has nothing to do with Ring specifically and cites no evidence to suggest that the ability to send videos to police -- presumably, crime footage -- increases the likelihood of racial profiling. An argument like this is analogous to an article titled "Why We Don't Recommend iPhones" where the author writes something along the lines of: They're premium and ubiquitous, but people shouldn't be able to call 911... When you set up an iPhone, you're automatically enrolled into cellular service... But it also allows iPhone owners to call 911... We believe this feature should not exist. When we interviewed Apple CEO Tim Cook on steps that his company was doing to reduce racial profiling... et cetera. This is absurd.