After Search Party backlash, Ring is still avoiding the bigger questions
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
created: Feb. 19, 2026, 7:40 p.m. | updated: Feb. 20, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
Ring is the only home security camera company to have built a system — called Community Requests — that allows its users to share footage directly with local police.
Ring maintains that its cameras are not being used to create a mass surveillance tool.
Will Search Party stop at tracking humans?
But Ring turned Search Party on by default for everyone, demonstrating that it has the control.
Siminoff confirmed to The Times that Ring will continue building out Search Party, saying that they’re looking to add searching for cats to its capabilities.
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