Security News > 2021 > July > Amazon starts rolling out Ring end-to-end encryption globally
Amazon-owned Ring has announced starting the worldwide roll out of video End-to-End Encryption to customers with compatible devices.
"Today, we're proud to announce that we're moving it out of technical preview and expanding the feature's availability to customers around the world," Ring said.
Once E2EE is set up via the Ring app, only the users' enrolled mobile devices have the key needed to unlock the customers' videos, preventing unauthorized access and ensuring that no one else-not even Ring or Amazon-can view them.
Starting today, Ring also added support for using authenticator apps to sign accounts where two-factor authentication is enabled and began rolling out CAPTCHA in the Ring app to block threat actors' automated login attempts.
Last year, Ring rolled-out mandatory 2FA to all user accounts to prevent attackers from gaining access to customers' Ring accounts, even if they have the user credentials.
The change came after threat actors terrified homeowners and their children by taunting them over Ring devices' speakers following a series of hacks targeting Ring cameras.