Ring watched your kids trick or treat and then bragged about it

On the morning after Halloween, we got an email from Ring public relations. 

"Where were you at 6pm last night? If you were trick-or-treating, you were part of the millions of people out ringing doorbells this Halloween!"

It then shared some *fun* facts, like which cities captured the most footage and how many more "moments" were captured in 2019 than last year.  

It also shared videos from Ring users, which featured masked and unmasked children and adults engaging in Halloween antics. Some were funny moments of pranks and cuteness, others featured misbehavior like — gasp — pumpkin theft.

The videos are pretty innocent, but it's creepy as hell that Ring decided to use video captured on Halloween as a PR stunt to show that, uh, Ring is always watching. Read more...

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