Ring finally brings end-to-end encryption to its flagship video doorbells

Ring's battery-powered video doorbells -including the Ring Video Doorbell 4 - now work with end-to-end encryption of video and audio. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Ring is now offering end-to-end encryption of video and audio on its battery-powered video doorbells and security cameras, over a year after it added the option to its hardwired and plug-in devices. End-to-end encryption lets users of the company's video cameras keep their footage locked down, making it accessible only on their enrolled iOS or Android device. Separately, Ring is also making it easier to save recorded videos when an owner sells or disposes of a Ring device

With end-to-end encryption enabled, no one but the camera's owner can access recorded footage. Even if law enforcement asked Ring, or its parent company Amazon, for the video, they couldn't provide it. Only the enrolled mobile device can unlock the video.

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