Amazon is ending the Request for Assistance feature in its Neighbors app — but that doesn’t mean your footage can’t be obtained by law enforcement easily elsewhere, without a warrant.
Amazon sunsets Ring’s Request for Assistance feature in Neighbors app
Amazon sunsets Ring’s Request for Assistance feature in Neighbors app
In 2021, Amazon-owned Ring launched a new feature called Request for Assistance (RFA). The feature just required law enforcement agencies to make public requests for Ring footage in the Neighbors app, regardless of intent, and without a warrant.
Prior to RFA, law enforcement agencies were able to directly request footage from users via email.
Amazon closing down law enforcement’s easy access to Ring video isn’t the whole story
Amazon closing down law enforcement’s easy access to Ring video isn’t the whole story