Ring Security Cameras
Seven3twenty2
Turn off Status Light on new Indoor Cam
I bought 4 of these new Indoor cameras. I want that annoying blue light off. If a Bad Person/Crook/Clown is in my house, they have no right to: 1. Know where my camera is due to a blue light shining and notifying them 2. Any expectation of privacy and knowing they are being recorded or live viewed I have the latest version of the software and I cannot find a setting to turn it off. Does anyone know how to do this? Thank you.
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01-10-2019 11:23:14
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- B
I totally agree, this LED is stupid, because it’s also on, if you just want to do a live view without recording into the could (live view without recording into clouds is also impossible?!). It’s not the first product with LED (like Wifi Access points etc) which needs an upgrade because customers ask to deactivate the LED because it’s another stupid light and quite bright. Please listen to your customer needs, keep innovating your products and stop selling same products without listening to your customer experience/needs.
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03-01-2020 06:14:30
- Z
While I agree that the light can be annoying, would you say that you have the right to know via that blue light if a hacker has activated the camera to watch you in your home? There are pros and cons to having a visual indicator.
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10-01-2020 10:17:52
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BIf there’s any hacker ... I bet he‘ll be able to turn off the light and won’t indicate that he/she is recording ;-) Don’t think if there’s no light there’s no recording. That’s security from 90th. The light is just for people who might worry less if there’s no light. If you don’t want to enable hackers access to your camera ... power off!
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10-01-2020 10:35:00
BI also agree we should have the right to choose if the light is on or off. I think situational adaptation is an advantage in marketing a product. For those who want a bright blue light, by default its on. For those using it as a baby monitor, turn the light off, then it won't wake the baby everytime they move. The product clearly can be programmed to not turn the light on, as its off until the device decides to turn it on. (not a power indicator light) I think political sensitivity has forced AMAZON owner of RING, to decide for us that they would rather wake the baby than give us options for the products we own to adapt them to our situational needs. Thanks AMAZON, ALEXA, and RING for listening to us. (4 months and counting from first post.)
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14-01-2020 05:53:38
ELet the user have the option of turning the light off, it a software thing and shouldn’t be hard to update this. Please listen to your customers.
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17-01-2020 12:23:59
JIFTTT means - IF ring ignores all customer requests and - THIS stupid blue LED is not able to be turned off - THAT stays that way and it doesn't overwhelm me to decide either the stupid blue LED is on or off - THEN I will return all brand new Indoor Cam back to amazon and wait Looking forward to the next version where I can decide (like on a half prived D-Link . . . )
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24-01-2020 06:31:26
EWhat it really means... IFTTT A simple "If This Then That" web-based service that allows the creation of conditional commands as "applets" to expand functions of several web services, i.e. Gmail, Pintrest, Facebook and others. These are typically reactionary to the actions of these primary web services to automatically respond to actions they initiate. An IFTTT applet may be used to automatically upload a new picture to your cloud storage when you receive notification from Facebook that a new picture in which you are "tagged" has been uploaded. Hope this helps.
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24-01-2020 07:55:27
- L
I really don’t get the point of not being able to turn off the blue light. I’m assuming it’s for privacy reasons but anyone trying to “spy” on someone else can just put a piece of black tape over the light and done. So it’s a pointless “security” feature that just makes the user find some jerryrigged workaround. Plus there’s a valid reason to want to turn the light off other than not alerting people that they’re being recorded. If you place the camera looking out a window, like I have, then the blue light reflects off the glass creating an annoying blue glare. I solved the problem by placing the aforementioned piece of black electric tape over the light but there’s really no valid reason for me to have to do that. Give us the option to turn the light off!
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02-09-2020 11:34:10
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A+1 for having an app option to switch the blue light off. We've got 4 Ring cameras, pay the full yearly subscription, yet Ring won't put an option in that is exceptionally easy to program and available even on budget security cameras. Totally amateur security.
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08-09-2020 05:59:33
HThis needs to happen ASAP, @Ring team please release an update that allow us to turn off that annoying light. I have one in my new born room and every time she moves it comes up, and that makes her wake up and start crying...
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30-09-2020 04:54:00
BAfter buy 6 of these I find the blue led intrusive and counter-security minded. Anyone scoping the premises will certainly make note of the camera beacon "I am here" and know to avoid or disable the cameras on their return visit. Seeing so many posts on this, it's clear that Ring will **not** be accommodating. Trying to rationalize why this control is not left to the consumer leads me to only one answer - Ring is acting in their best interest, not yours. With this in mind, the real question is what other Ring interests will be pursued above and beyond the consumers? This is the unforutnately dicotomy we face with these cloud based technologies. Ultimately, we can only push for and support open solutions which are not muddied by commercial interests which really put consumer needs last. Blue led's have nothing to do with privacy. For now, electrical tape and support for community sourced solutions seems to be the best solution available.
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03-11-2020 04:10:54
- C
Agreed. Black tape is such a poor solution. The option to disable the blue light is simple to provide and then upto the user to choose. Who is it for otherwise - it’s not the intruder!
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07-11-2020 11:37:53
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RRR1
I agree the blue light is a dead giveaway of where the camera is at. Samsung cameras give the option to turn it off!
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02-01-2020 01:04:40
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