27 August 2026

Ring adds encryption to limit Amazon's access to camera footage

• Ring, Amazon's home security camera brand, is deploying TAKE encryption that restricts Amazon's ability to access or share customer videos.
• The system preserves cloud-based AI features like person detection while encrypting keys needed to process footage, stopping short of full end-to-end encryption.
• TAKE aims to address privacy concerns by preventing Amazon from easily handing over videos to law enforcement or third parties.

How it was covered

MindstreamAdam Biddlecombe

Ring is rolling out an encryption system called TAKE that significantly restricts Amazon's access to keys needed to process camera footage while preserving cloud-based AI features. The system is not full end-to-end encryption but aims to limit Amazon's ability to access or hand over videos.