see url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57817464
see full article..."Yet another way to track the flummoxed." John
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*Amazon is to offer end-to-end encryption for videos captured by the
Ring doorbell worldwide, following a successful trial in the US.*
It means that only the smartphone on which the video is received will be
able to view the files.
End-to-end encryption is a security feature favoured by privacy-focused
messaging services such as WhatsApp.
However, some governments, including the UK, say it makes law
enforcement more difficult.
Ring says police in the UK only have access to data that Ring owners
choose to share - but adds that globally, "applicable laws" may limit
the availability of end-to-end encryption "in some areas". It declined
to name them.
Ring video footage is stored on Amazon web servers but end-to-end
encryption means the tech giant will not be able to view it, or hand it
over.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation asked Ring to consider making the
change last year.
"Consumers' choice to buy a camera cannot and should not be a way to
launder mass surveillance and streamline digital racial profiling," it said.
"When you're transmitting any information that's sensitive it's always
wise to encrypt it, and lots of people would say the area outside their
house is private," said Prof Alan Woodward, a cyber-security expert from
Surrey University.
Other new security features including the option of authenticator apps -
an extra security log-in step, and using Captcha images will also be added.
Amazon bought the US firm Ring for a reported $1bn
<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43217601> in 2018.
The firm said it has a mission to make "neighbourhoods safer with the
utmost privacy, security and user control".
However, in Seattle, Amazon faces legal action
<https://www.courthousenews.com/amazons-sidewalk-technology-faces-federal-class-action/>
over a decision to open up a range of its products, including the Ring
doorbell, to connect to each other using home owners' broadband without
consent - a scheme known as Sidewalk.
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