Ring Doorbell is tracking your personal information
The Ring Doorbell app on Android is stealing your personal informations
A company such as Ring with a strong emphasis on security and privacy was found out to be spying on it's user. An article by Bill Budington on eff.org has revealed sensitive third party code included on Rings android app. The following four tracking / marketing company were found: Facebook, AppsFlyer, Brach and most dangerously MixPanel who collects the most data:
- Full user names
- Email Addresses
- What device you are using and on which software version
- Whether Bluetooth has been enabled or disabled
- The number of locations saved inside your Ring app and what models are installed
These informations are used to create a fingerprint for the individual person. This fingerprint can be followed throughout the world wide web and be used by marketing companies to spam you with ad's and tailored campaigns. Facebook has to be found collecting your data whether you do have a Facebook account or don't.
This is a serious finding and harms all Ring costumers who are currently using the Android app. It's not clear whether this is happening on iOS or not.
Credit: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/ring-doorbell-app-packed-third-party-trackers
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