Good Neighbour

Sample result

The view

Sample: a drawn scene

34% of this view is not yours and is still recorded

Or try a sample photo:

This is a sample result on a drawn scene, not a real camera. The areas marked as not yours are made up; the percentages and the suggested zones are worked out from them by the app. To check your own camera, start the live stream and press Check this view, or press Check a photo and choose a screenshot of its view.

Findings

35% of this view is not yours, and 1% is already hidden by your zones. With the suggested zone added, 15% would still be recorded.

Zones

1 suggested, 1 already set, Ring allows 2

  • Hatched: not yours
  • Solid: hidden by a zone you already have
  • Dashed outline: a suggested zone

  • Road and Vehicle. 19% of the frame.

    Zone 1: The road and pavement and vehicles

    Corners, as fractions of the picture from the top-left: (0.00, 0.48) (1.00, 0.48) (1.00, 0.67) (0.00, 0.67)

To apply a zone

  1. Open the Ring app and choose the camera.
  2. Go to Device Settings, then Privacy Settings, then Privacy Zones.
  3. Draw a zone over the area shown here and save.

These are suggestions for you to check, not verdicts. The app can recognise a road or another house, but it cannot know where your property ends. Ring does not let apps change zones, so you draw them yourself.

Sample photos from Wikimedia Commons: a Ring doorbell by Amin and a front door by Famartin (CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped); across the road (CC BY 4.0).