Though the internet giant has a policy that police generally cannot view recordings without owners’ consent, that safeguard can be overridden with court orders and emergency requests – and it was through several emergency requests that Amazon gave the cops people’s video data, without permission and no indication of a warrant. What constitutes an emergency request is left up to Ring itself, too.
Ring doorbells are motion activated and do record audio up to 20 feet (about 6 meters) away.
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