Ring founder Jamie Siminoff discusses how the FBI recovered footage from a Nest camera and more during the search for Nancy Guthrie in “The Bottom Line.”
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff said Tuesday that Ring will not store deleted doorbell footage without a subscription as questions remain about how law enforcement recovered previously inaccessible video evidence in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
Siminoff discussed the issue during an appearance on “The Bottom Line,” where hosts Dagen McDowell and Brian Brenberg asked about subscription storage, privacy concerns and the reported recovery of doorbell video by federal authorities.
“I know specifically with Ring, if you delete a recording or you don’t want a recording, you don’t have a subscription. We don’t have it saved. I know that because I built the systems with my team,” Siminoff said.
Siminoff cautioned against speculating about the details of the Guthrie study, noting that different companies build their systems differently.
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“I wouldn’t want to speculate,” he said. ‘Maybe they do too, maybe we’re wrong, and she does have some kind of subscription. You know, again, we get a lot, in the kinds of cases that I’ve found that a lot of the things we hear aren’t always correct, and we find out later what’s really happening.”
He reiterated that Ring does not keep deleted images without an active subscription.
“If you delete a recording or you don’t want a recording, you don’t have a subscription. We don’t have it saved,” Siminoff said.
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FBI Director Kash Patel shared still images obtained from a doorbell camera outside Nancy Guthrie’s home. (@FBI DirectorKashPatel via X)
Federal officials said Tuesday that the video was recovered from “residual data in backend systems,” according to a statement on X from FBI Director Kash Patel.
When asked how investigators were able to obtain the doorbell footage in the Guthrie case, Siminoff again cautioned against speculation and emphasized that companies build their systems differently.
“I mean, it’s definitely hard to speculate on something like this because everyone builds their systems differently,” he said.
Once again he refused to draw any conclusions about what happened in this case.
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A doorbell device with a built-in camera, made by home security company Ring. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Getty Images)
“Again, I don’t want to speculate exactly what happened or what subscription they had or anything,” Siminoff said. “I think there’s probably a lot of information we don’t know.”
Siminoff said the video evidence could be of great interest to investigators.
“It appears that this video footage may be the best evidence yet,” he said, “and it shows why it is so important to have these cameras.”
Although he avoided details about the investigation, Siminoff said he was encouraged that authorities were able to uncover video evidence.
“But again, I’m glad to see that, for whatever reason, they were able to fix that with this camera,” he said. “Because I think this evidence will hopefully lead to a resolution to this really just tragic case.”
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During the interview, Siminoff also responded to the backlash surrounding Ring’s Super Bowl “Search Party” ad, which focused on a feature designed to help locate lost pets.
“It actually seems like it was built entirely on privacy,” he said. “So what we do is you, we look for a dog, someone posts a dog, we find it, we say, you know, Jamie, this dog that’s lost in your neighborhood looks like this dog in front of your camera. Do you want to contact your neighbor?”
He said users retain full control over whether contact occurs.
“If you say no, your privacy will be protected. You’ll be fine,” Siminoff said. “If you say yes, then you will, as I think most people would want, help bring the dog back.”
He added that the feature has helped reunite pets with their owners.
“We come back with more than one dog a day,” Siminoff said. “And we do this by maintaining privacy and trust, because that is very important.”
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