
Ring’s new “Search Party” AI feature sparked privacy outrage after a Super Bowl ad, prompting a backlash against the company’s data‑sharing practices. In response, the nonprofit Fulu Foundation announced a $10,000 bounty for anyone who can modify Ring doorbells to operate entirely locally, cutting off video transmission to Amazon’s cloud. The challenge is not a traditional vulnerability fix but a method to reroute footage to a user‑controlled server. Ring’s history of FTC penalties and employee misuse of video heightens the relevance of this offer.

In episode 455 of the Smashing Security podcast, host Graham Cluley and journalist James Ball examine the growing threat of tech sovereignty, questioning whether the United States could effectively shut down Europe’s internet by leveraging Gmail, cloud services, and critical infrastructure. They also...