"Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers"

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) conducted an investigation of the Ring doorbell app for Android and found that it contains a number of third-party trackers that share customers' personally identifiable information (PII). According to EFF, there are four main analytics and marketing companies that receive information, including names, private IP addresses, mobile network carriers, and sensor data from these trackers. These companies can combine this information to identify a user's device, posing a threat to the security and privacy of customers. Trackers can spy on what users are doing as well as the time at which they are doing certain activities. This article continues to discuss key findings of the EFF's investigation of the Ring doorbell app, the methodology used to perform this investigation, and how the sharing of sensitive data by third-parties can impact customers. 

EFF reports "Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers"