Ring lets police ask for security videos. Here’s how to opt out

The article discusses the Community Requests feature in Ring's Neighbors app, which allows law enforcement officials to request footage from users' Ring security cameras for investigations. While Ring claims this feature is "completely voluntary" and part of its mission to make communities safer, privacy advocates argue that it is the "most invasive feature" of the app. The article explains how the Community Requests feature works: police can send requests that appear in the Neighbors app, and users can choose to share their video clips with law enforcement. However, doing so will share the user's home address and email with the police, and the videos cannot be retracted once submitted. To opt out of Community Requests, users can go to the Neighbors app's settings and uncheck the box for the feature. This will prevent users from seeing these requests from law enforcement in their Neighbors feed. The article also mentions Ring's partnership with Flock, a network of AI-powered security cameras that can scan license plates and allow police to search footage using natural language queries.