Ring says its new encryption limits what it can give police

Ring has a new way to protect your videos. It’s developed an encryption method called TAKE, short for Throw Away the Key Encryption, that the Amazon-owned company says will protect your videos without traditional end-to-end encryption.

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Ring says its new encryption limits what it can give police

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Key Facts

Fact 1: Ring stores copies of those keys to decrypt the footage, but throws away each copy within 24 hours, “leaving you with the keys and full control of your videos,” according to Ring.
Fact 2: The company says it is “inspired by the privacy principles of E2EE (end-to-end encryption),” which Ring offers on some of its cameras.
Fact 3: With E2EE, Ring never has the keys and can’t process your video for cloud-based features.
Fact 4: Each key is permanently deleted after 24 hours — a window McGee told The Verge allows for processing its current cloud-based features — and no backups are kept.

TAKE limits when and why Amazon’s cloud can access those videos, while still providing features like smart alerts for people and packages, AI-powered video search, and video descriptions. The feature is rolling out gradually starting in September, regardless of whether you have a subscription, and will become the default encryption for all Ring customers. Image: Ring TAKE arrives during a year of intense scrutiny for Ring, driven by its ties to law enforcement and the privacy implications of its AI-powered Search Party feature.

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Original source: The Verge