Cybersecurity experts raise concerns over Ring’s new AI-powered dog tracking feature
Cybersecurity experts raise concerns over Ring’s new AI-powered dog tracking feature
Publish Date: 2026-02-11 17:37:00
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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. Ring unveiled its “Search Party” feature during Super Bowl LX, which uses neighborhood doorbell cameras and AI to help find missing pets.
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Ring’s new Super Bowl commercial is drawing the attention of cybersecurity experts after the company unveiled its new AI-powered dog tracking tool.
On Sunday, the company promoted its “Search Party” feature on its app. The feature would connect with neighboring doorbell cameras and use AI to track down missing pets.
While the service promises to help families, Scott Davis, the president of the Cybersecurity Association of Pennsylvania, believes the feature can pose data privacy risks.
“Once your information is on the internet, it’s there for acquisition through whatever usage that company deems appropriate,” Davis said.
Davis also expressed concerns about neighborhood surveillance expanding beyond the scope of the service. He said doorbell camera data could be provided to police departments to help aid in investigations.
“[Doorbell cameras] helps solve crimes faster, but it should be built on consent,” he said.
In Camp Hill, the borough police department has a doorbell camera registration program to help officers solve local crimes. Police Chief Stephen Margeson said the program helped contribute to solving a series of car break-ins in 2025.
“We got multiple views of both still and video footage of the thieves doing this, and we think it contributed to their eventual arrest and capture in a joining township,” Margeson said.
Margeson assured residents that the program is voluntary, and that police will ask homeowners before they use any security video in an investigation.
“We don’t have access to it unless they give us access to it. So, it’s not like we can initiate retrieving any video surveillance from a Ring doorbell or any other private security system,” he said.
Cybersecurity experts say people should read their doorbell camera’s terms of service in order to understand how their data will be used by their provider.
“Know how your data will be used, know where your data is going to be stored and, most importantly, be comfortable with that,” Davis said.
