The new tool, Community Requests, closely resembles a controversial program canceled in 2024Local police departments can ...

Home security firm Ring experienced significant outages with several of its app functions on Wednesday, sparking a flurry of concerns from customers. Some users took to social media, speculating that ...

Ring introduced the “Request for Assistance” tool in the neighbors app in 2021, as an alternative to private messages, giving police a way to publicly ask users to voluntarily turn over video footage.

According to Ring, the “Request for Assistance” tool on the Neighbors app, launched in 2017, will no longer work for those with the popular doorbell cameras. “Public safety agencies like fire and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage from users, marking an end to a feature that has drawn criticism from privacy advocates. In a ...