AMAZON is offering some seriously handy tips to Ring doorbell owners.
It recommends two different privacy features that you should absolutely take a look at.
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They’re aimed at boosting privacy in your neighbourhood.
And they could help you avoid falling foul of the law.
“Privacy is foundational to Ring, and we’re always working to help our customers keep their accounts and information safe,” Amazon explained.
“We also strongly encourage our customers to respect their neighbours’ privacy and comply with any applicable local and national laws when using their Ring device.”
Privacy Zones
The first piece of advice is to consider using Privacy Zones.
“A Privacy Zone is an area within your Ring device camera’s field of view that you can define as off-limits,” Amazon explained.
“The Ring app won’t display anything in a Privacy Zone in Live View or, if you have a Ring Protect plan, record anything in a Privacy Zone.”
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It’s possible to set up two rectangular-shaped Privacy Zones.
Amazon says they’re a bit like covering part of the camera lens with a small piece of tape – but virtually.
Anything in the Privacy Zones is blocked out, and any video from that region can’t be recovered.
However, it won’t prevent motion detection in that space – only recording.
To set one up, open the Ring app then go into the menu.
Now tap Devices, choose a device, tap Device Settings > Privacy Settings and then add a zone.
“Privacy Zones are designed to allow you to designate an area in your Ring device camera’s field of view as off-limits, so as to help you control what you want to see or record,” Amazon explained.
“You may, for example, cover your neighbour’s apartment door with a Privacy Zone. You can also black out a neighbour’s window.”
Amazon added: “The Privacy Zone is literally a dead zone in the image production process of the camera. Nothing that happens in them can be viewed or recovered.”
Disable recording
The second tip to boost privacy is to disable audio and even video recording.
This means you can still get streaming and motion detection, but won’t be able to play back footage.
To do this, simply go into your Device Settings > Privacy Settings once again, and toggle the feature off.
You can change these settings back again at any time.
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