Ring Facial Recognition Plan Raises Major Privacy Concerns

EFF warns that Ring’s upcoming facial recognition feature could expand mass biometric surveillance across residential neighborhoods. By linking millions of cameras with cloud-based analytics, the feature raises concerns about monitoring visitors, delivery workers, and bystanders without consent. While not an adversary behavior, the technology reflects surveillance patterns conceptually similar to ATT&CK techniques like T1113 (Screen Capture) and persistent environmental monitoring. EFF highlights risk of law enforcement access, biased identification, and the normalization of biometric tracking through private-sector infrastructure. Ring’s existing partnerships with police and neighborhood apps amplify these concerns. Businesses integrating with Ring face GDPR and biometric privacy obligations, while misuse or breach of biometric data increases regulatory and litigation exposure. EFF recommends stronger privacy defaults, transparency, and strict controls on biometric processing. Organizations should conduct DPIAs, update privacy notices, and restrict facial recognition features in high-risk contexts.