A Gizmodo investigation showed how technical users could gather private location information about Ring doorbell users that would not be available to the public at large. The problem arises from the use of an app called Neighbors that is used by communities to share details about real-time crimes and alerts with some data from law enforcement. In cities where Amazon has a partnership with law enforcement, officers can check out a location on a map and all Neighbors users within that area are alerted. In theory, the police don’t know which camera owners receive a request, but that hasnt stopped researchers from creating detailed maps with the location of about 20,000 Ring owners.”]