Overview
- Ring announced Wednesday that it will begin rolling out TAKE (Throw Away the Key Encryption) in September and make it the default worldwide over time.
- TAKE generates encryption keys that rotate every five minutes and keeps a temporary copy inside an AWS Nitro secure enclave that Ring says is deleted within 24 hours.
- Ring will continue to offer full end-to-end encryption as an option but says E2EE disables cloud features such as Video Search, Video Descriptions, and Smart Alerts.
- Under TAKE, Ring says it can only provide non-video account data and encrypted video files to law enforcement unless a customer restores or shares keys, which customers can do from their devices.
- Users must keep at least one recovery method—phone cloud backup, passphrase, passkey, another authorized device, or camera-based recovery—or risk permanently losing access, and privacy advocates note the design still requires trust in Ring and AWS key handling.