Smart doorbell company Ring may be surveilling users through its app

Electronic Frontier Foundation report finds Android app shares names, IP addresses and other data with third parties

Amazon's smart doorbell company Ring may be using its app to surveil users, a report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation revealed on Wednesday.

The "Ring for Android" app shares user data including names, private IP addresses, mobile network carriers and sensor data with a number of third-party trackers, the investigation found. At least four analytics and marketing companies receive such information from customer devices.