A bug in Ring s Neighbor app exposed the locations and home addresses of users who shared posts on the platform.
The number of users affected is unknown, but reports show four million posts were shared to the app last year.
The video-doorbell maker launched Neighbor as a hyperlocal community-watch app in 2018, allowing members to report crime and unusual activity in a five mile radius of their home.
Names and exact locations aren t shared when posts go up, but detailed specifics including home addresses and even latitude and longitude are recorded on Ring s servers.
The flaw was publishing the hidden data but no bad acts have been tied to the security gap yet.