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Ring’s CEO said lost-dog finder was always meant to be a human surveillance platform, says leaked email

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 19, 2026
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Ring Doorbeel (Erhan Inga/shutterstock.com)

Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff wants to “zero out crime in neighborhoods,” and the lost-dog finder was just the first step.

In a leaked internal email from October, Siminoff told employees that Search Party — Ring’s on-by-default feature that networks nearby cameras to locate lost dogs using AI — was built as a foundat…

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