DOORBELL SURVEILLANCE NETWORKS HAVE ARRIVED. SHOULD WE BE SCARED?

THE AMAZON-OWNED SECURITY firm Ring wants to let police know what’s happening in your neighborhood. Law enforcement agencies that sign up are provided with a web-based map showing which homeowners have installed Ring doorbell cameras. They can request access to recorded videos—bypassing that pesky step of obtaining a search warrant first.

“We just like the fact that Ring wants to work with law enforcement and the citizens and bring usy. “It lessens the work we have to do; maybe we have to knock on a few less doors to get the video.”