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A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud
- Emma Roth
- February 19, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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With Ring facing fierce backlash over its Search Party feature, a new program is challenging developers to move Ring doorbell footage off of Amazon's cloud - and into users' own devices. The Fulu Foundation, the consumer advocacy group cofounded by YouTuber Louis Rossmann, is offering an initial bounty of $10,000 to anyone who can integrate Ring doorbells with a local PC or server, while cutting off access to Amazon's servers.
Ring users currently have to pay a subscription fee to store recordings in Amazon's cloud. While the company has a local storage option through Ring Edge, it's only available with the Ring Alarm Pro, and it still requ …
Originally published at The Verge