A $10K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon
WIRED • • business
Key Points:
- Amazon-owned Ring faced backlash over its Super Bowl ad promoting Search Party, a feature using a network of Ring cameras to locate lost dogs, which critics say amounts to invasive neighborhood surveillance.
- In response to privacy concerns, Ring canceled its partnership with AI surveillance company Flock, and CEO Jamie Siminoff has issued apologies following widespread criticism and public destruction of Ring devices.
- The Fulu Foundation, led by repair advocate Louis Rossmann, announced a $10,000 bounty to incentivize hackers to disable Ring’s data-sharing features while preserving core hardware functions like motion detection and night vision.
- The bounty aims to empower users to regain control over their devices without sacrificing functionality, with the winner able to choose whether to publicly release their modifications due to potential
