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A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud

Emma Roth

created: Feb. 19, 2026, 10:32 p.m. | updated: Feb. 20, 2026, 2:45 p.m.

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 requires a subscription. There’s also an option to secure your videos with end-to-end encryption, meaning neither Ring nor third parties can see your footage, but it’s stored on Amazon’s servers.

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