According to the BBC, Amazon's Ring Doorbell (and Indoor Cams) collect a surprising amount of data about how the devices are used, from the exact time the doorbell is pressed to the specific coordinates of the doorbells themselves.
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As it stands now, the request was made in January 2020, and the data returned covered a period from September 28, 2019 through February 3, 2020. There were over 1,900 specific “camera events” listed in the document, including detected motion, door “ringing” sounds, and any external action by users to view the live video feed or speak to a visitor.
Additionally, the latitude and longitude of each device, including the one running the Ring app, were recorded to 13 decimal places. In theory, this could indicate where a device was located to within 0.00001mm, the BBC reported.
What's the problem: An independent privacy expert told the BBC that the data itself is just the start of the problem.
