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Ring has been a subsidiary of Amazon for years now. They comply with warrants, and ‘emergency requests’ from law enforcement in some cases.
Installing one of these things and sending 24/7 video and audio data of activity on your property and anything else in the camera view has always been a wet dream for people obsessed with perfect information and surveillance.
The previous resident left one next to the front door of our place and it seems to work great without power or data. Never had a problem.