“they wouldn’t!” ~ nobody

The worst part is that the FTC’s “punishment” does virtually nothing to stop this from happening again.

There’s a thread about this on HN which may be worth checking out: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36146062

A self hosted (preferably FOSS) home security video solution would probably have prevented something like this. Main problem is those solutions aren’t as simple as Ring’s plug and play cameras.