We knew hackers were creeping on Ring video feeds, but Ring’s own employees?
In a Jan. 6 letter addressed to five U.S. Senators, Amazon-owned Ring admitted that, yes, an unspecified small number of employees have at least tried to inappropriately access customers’ home surveillance videos. Which, well, damn.
The letter, obtained and published by Motherboard’s Joseph Cox, acknowledges four internal reports of employees going above and beyond their job duties in exactly the wrong kind of way.
“Over the last four years, Ring has received four complaints or inquiries regarding a team
member’s access to Ring video data,” reads the letter. “Although each of the individuals involved in these incidents was authorized to view video data, the attempted access to that data exceeded what was necessary for their job functions.” Read more…
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