Ring.com

Korey

Looks like a neat unit, wondering if it could be integrated with security spy/ Indigo..

https://ring.com

API coming out : https://ring.com/faq#technical

Ben

Hi Korey, this is interesting, and we'd certainly like to support it in SecuritySpy, but I think we'll have to wait for the API to be published to see if this will be possible. There is no information that I could find about standard protocols such as RTSP (which is what almost every network camera supports for video streaming).

brelic

Hello. Do you know now if the Ring Video Doorbells will work with Security Spy? At least the video component? Thanks!

Ben

Hi @brelic they still haven't published their API or any other technical information that would allow us to support their doorbell. For a doorbell that works with SecuritySpy please have a look at DoorBird.

jbf

Have you seen this?
http://python-ring-doorbell.readthedocs.io/

It looks somebody built an app based on the API:

https://github.com/tchellomello/python-ring-doorbell

Ben

I hadn't seen that, it's interesting. There is still no official API though, so this has been made by reverse-engineering Ring's software/firmware. Plus, there does not appear to be any capability to continuously stream video (which is what SecuritySpy would need in order to support the device).

bcollett

Any update on this? I've noticed this page on Rings website now: https://ring.com/partners

I assume it's a very limited option.

Ben

Anyone considering a Ring camera should think twice - they do not seem to take your privacy seriously:

For owners of Amazon's Ring security cameras, strangers may have been watching too (The Intercept)

Amazon-owned Ring has reportedly been spying on customer camera feeds (BGR)

This points to a fundamental problem with cloud-based cameras: your video footage is stored - often unencrypted - on servers that you don't own, that the companies themselves have full access to.

In contrast, with SecuritySpy, your captured footage is stored on your own hardware (e.g. your Mac's hard drive, or other storage owned by you at your physical location), and no one has access to your footage unless you explicitly allow them to.