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Ring LLC home security company ransomed by ALPHV ransomware

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thats not what E2E encryption means. Encryption during transmission is called transport layer encryption (eg via TLS). E2E (end to end) encryption is encryption where the data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Generally E2E systems only have the keys to decrypt the data on the user's (endpoint) device.

Thanks for your comment. I truly had no idea. This was very informative and changes my views on a few things.

That said, I'm pretty sure Zoom used your definition of E2E in their marketing so the confusion is warranted.

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My personal trust of devices like this is low - and since it is capturing public side recordings (outside my front door) I'm less worried about the vidoes. I just prefer to treat them as untrusted devices and put them on my guest network isolated from the rest of my network.

> since it is capturing public side recordings (outside my front door) I'm less worried about the vidoes Differences between countries are funny. For instance, in France Rings don't fly because you're filming a public place, and by default people have an expectation of privacy and the right not to be filmed. If you want to film a public place (like put a camera that covers the street), there's a specific process to f…

I agree with the sentiment. Technically I only trigger video on my property boundary to avoid the street and protect the public's reasonable right to privacy.

Re: Ring LLC home security company ransomed by ALPHV ransomware

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My personal trust of devices like this is low - and since it is capturing public side recordings (outside my front door) I'm less worried about the vidoes. I just prefer to treat them as untrusted devices and put them on my guest network isolated from the rest of my network.

> I don't care because it's just the privacy of my neighbors (and their friends and families)

I only trigger video on my property boundary to avoid the street and protect the public's reasonable right to privacy. There will always be the risk of coincidental videoing when someone is on my property - but I try my best to respect my neighbours.
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